We regularly receive letters from former patients, their families, and friends describing their experience and the care received at Griffin Hospital. We look forward to these letters and the stories they tell about our how our employees, physicians and volunteers made their experience at Griffin Hospital unique and more humanistic. Whenever possible we share these letters with all of our staff and above all, with those mentioned. The letters capture the essence and compassion of the personalized patient-centered care we provide and further reinforce and remind us that we are an organization whose main goal is to heal people and to provide comfort to family members and friends.
The following are some of the letters received over that past several years. Some of the names of the senders and/or patients have been removed for privacy reasons.
Patient Letters
“Griffin Hosital, a place where people care enough to make a difference in so many lives. It only takes one amazing person to care enough to make a difference in your life. I have met four of those amazing people:
– Four people who are willing to help you with your struggles ahead,
– Four people who give their time, effort, and understand how to fix a broken heart,
– People who take the time and effort to help others.
These are the most amazing people that will bring bpositive change to your life here at Griffin Hospital, these are the four people that deserve my gratitude: Kate, Tim, Meghan, and Rick.
The time is now when it becomes the most previous time in a person’s life. These are people that you can trust, because caring about others is what makes them all so great. Kate, Tom, Meghan, and Rick all put forth the effort that helps people to live a longer and healthier life.
Thank you all.”
Sincerely,
Paul Centopani
“I want to express my extreme gratitude for the care I received at your hospital. From the moment I went in to have an echocardiogram to the time of discharge, every experience with every department was great. I have been a nurse for 35 years and I have never seen hospital staff like yours. From housekeeping to dietary, nursing, valet and all the other departments, I was impressed. I will recommend Griffin hospital to everyone going forward. Thank you for a wonderful experience despite the fact that I was hospitalized.”
Sincerely,
Ursula from Oakville
“I write this letter to thank you for the experience I recently had with Cathi Kellett and the Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition program. My son’s femur broke and we were at a loss for how to get him anywhere without a car seat that would accommodate his cast. Cathi and her associate Adelle fit us in to their already tight schedule. Unfortunately, due to the size of my son’s cast, he didn’t fit into most of the seats they had. They were undeterred and brought out another option. After more than an hour of hard work, they had installed and fit the car seat to my son’s exact needs.”
Your hospital offered our family a way to continue to enrich our toddler’s life throughout his six-week cast ordeal. We went to the zoo, the beach, took a ferry ride to Gillette’s Castle, and maintained our normal routine. What could have been a miserable six weeks turned into a super fun start to our summer. I cannot adequately express how grateful I am to Griffin Health, Cathi and Adelle, and your community, for making car seats available for kids with special needs. Thank you so very, very much.”
With gratitude,
Nina
“I recently had robotic-assisted surgery at your hospital and I wanted to say that throughout my stay, the whole staff treated me very kindly and compassionately. Nicole and Artina in PACU went above and beyond and that demonstrates their compassion and their concerned for me as a patient. Their professional and pleasant treatment significantly eased the pain and anxiety I was going through. I applaud the courtesy and professionalism of all the staff involved in my care.”
My sincerest thanks to all,
Robert
“Your facilities, and especially your amazing staff, gave me excellent care and made me about as comfortable as I could be! Literally everyone was friendly, kind and caring from the moment I entered. I just would like to thank and commend them all for making my experience as nice as it could possibly be! They are absolutely top notch caring professionals, and made me glad I chose Griffin!”
Very best regards-
John from Cheshire
Submit Your Feedback
You can submit patient comments or letters by mail to Patrick Charmel, 130 Division Street, Derby, CT 06418; by email to griffin@griffinhealth.org; or via any of our social media accounts.
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