Griffin Hospital

Description

About Griffin Hospital
Griffin Hospital is a 160bed acute care community hospital serving more than 100000 residents of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Region Griffin Hospital also serves as the flagship hospital for Planetree an international leader in patientcentered care and has received national recognition for creating a facility and approach to patient care that is responsive to the needs of patients Many healthcare facilities around the world send visitors to Griffin Hospital and incorporate its concepts into their healthcare models Griffin Hospital is a notforprofit taxexempt subsidiary of the Griffin Health Services Corporation

Griffin Hospital has more than 280 active and courtesy physicians who have admitting privileges

History

A Century of Caring for Our Community
1909 2009

A community writing and oral history project recording tales of caring and courage experienced at Griffin Hospital All were invited to write and submit their Griffin tales and with the writers permission works were posted on our website or in our communications materials Read some of the tales that have been shared with us

StoryCorps
The oral history component of Griffin Tales was conducted in partnership with National Public Radio Its mission is to honor and celebrate one anothers lives through listening Since 2003 almost 30000 people have shared life stories with family and friends in a StoryBooth which was on site at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital on May 27 and 28 2009 Each 40minute conversation was recorded on a free CD for the participants to share and is preserved at the Library of Congress StoryCorps is the largest oral history project of its kind preserving special memories for generations to come

100th Birthday Party
All Griffin quotalumniquot were invited back to the place of their birth to celebrate 100 years of caring at this summer celebration held Saturday June 27 2009 on the Griffin campus Attendees enjoyed cake icecream and entertainment Click here to view photos of the event

5K WalkRun
Held on Saturday October 10 to celebrate cancer survivors and the 1st Anniversary of the Griffin Center for Cancer Care and Hewitt Ambulatory Pavilion

Autumn Elegance
The Gala of the Century Griffin Hospitals annual gala ball was held Saturday October 24 at Southern Connecticut State University Each year the event raises funds for the highest priority needs of the hospital Griffins gala is considered to be among the premier events of the region providing great opportunities for networking client entertainment and visibility

Holiday Concert
Each year Griffin Hospital says quotthank youquot to its staff trustees volunteers and donors with a free holiday concert featuring area choirs bands and a cappella groups