Day 17: Granville Health System - 26/4

Up early and a small skype session with my girlfriend, I left early to go to my vocational at Granville Health System (GHS). Because my host Lee Isley is the CEO of the hospital I was about to get a really nice day.

After a tour with the Facility Manager I learned that this rather small hospital didn’t have any serious security threats but that it did have a few parking problems. The GHS is in Oxford NC, and the CEO already told me in the car that everybody knows everybody around here. And this is one of the reason that they don’t actually fine people when the par their vehicles in the wrong place. Of course the fact that they don’t have enough place and that almost everybody comes by car, is a huge problem. It is not like they have a choice... There is no public transportation and some employees have to drive an hour or more to get to the hospital.

Lunch was rather interesting, because it was the Employees Awards Banquet, where they celebrate hard working employees for their achievements and hard work. I never saw my CEO hugging it out with his employees, but at Granville Health they looked like one big family and I liked it a lot. You good feel that people liked to work and were proud to be working at GHS.

In the midday I was fortunate to sit in the Committee of Administrative Council were they prepared the Committee of the Board of Trustees. Although I didn’t really participated I got a good view of how they work and get stuff done. Afterwards I talked to Lee Isley about it and I was happy to make some smart remarks.

After that it was of with Jason Brand, the director of EMS. This stands for Emergency ....
It’s difficult to explain how it actually works, but not crossing the county borders is a main rule. Oh yeah, Jasons wife is in Law Enforcement and because of that they have a real M16 assault weapon at home... Jason was kind enough to let me hold it and although I thought it was pretty cool. I still can’t wrap my mind around why a lovely family (they 2 daughters of 4 and 11) need a M16 and a few other guns in the house. His wife needs to practice with it... But still, this is a serious gun.

Once back at the hospital I sat in on the Board of Trustees and it was an honor.

Naturally a day like this would have to end with a Rotary meeting and a presentation. By the end of it I was pretty tired....


Nick