As a continued tradition, Lutheran Health Network has a way to commemorate National Doctors’ Day and honor the providers who serve on their team.
In lieu of gifts, Lutheran Health Network teams presented checks to area nonprofits as a way to recognize its medical staff, according to a news release from Lutheran. These charitable organizations help safe housing, neighborhoods, access to nutritious food and physical activity and more.
“This donation is our way to say thank you to all of our medical staff,” said Nicole Rexroth, chief executive officer of Lutheran Health Physicians. “We are grateful for their contributions, sacrifices, skills and unwavering care to the thousands of lives we, at Lutheran Health Physicians and Lutheran Health Network, touch each year.”
Recipients in Kosciusko County included $3,000 each to Combined Community Services and Fellowship Missions from Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital.
The first-ever Doctors’ Day was celebrated on March 30, 1933, in Winder, Ga. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to set aside a day to honor physicians. March 30 was selected because that day in 1842 marks the introduction of general anesthesia in surgery. On March 30, 1958, a resolution commemorating Doctor’s Day was adopted by the United States House of Representatives. In 1990, legislation was introduced in the House and Senate to establish a national Doctors’ Day. Following overwhelming approval by the United States Senate and the House of Representatives on Oct. 30, 1990, a joint resolution was signed into law by President George Bush designating March 30 as National Doctors’ Day.