Captured Caring: Moments of inspiration for the week of March 7

Mar 9, 2022 | Sinai Health

Every day our people at Sinai Health are doing extraordinary things. Captured Caring is a series featuring submissions from our people to provide you with inspiration and encouragement as we care for patients and each other. Have your own story or photo to share? Submit it here.

Two photos next to each other one is a group of people on a set of stairs, they are health care workers in a hospital wearing medical procedure masks. The other photo is a small group standing in front of a blue wall. They are wearing medical procedure masks“This week is Social Work Week, celebrating the important work of social workers.

At Sinai Health, social workers work to support our patients and their families’ health and mental health across both our Hennick Bridgepoint and Mount Sinai campuses. This includes supporting both inpatient and outpatient programs. Sinai Health social workers are professionals who provide mental health counselling, facilitate support groups, advocate for adequate resources, address health inequities related to social determinants of health and are skilled at facilitating complex discharge planning. These are just a few examples of how social workers make a difference every day. Thank you to our fantastic social workers for everything you do!”
Submitted by: Sabrina Gaon, Senior Manager, Complex Care Transitions for Sinai Health and Manager of Social Work Mount Sinai Hospital and Wendy Cameron, Professional Practice Lead, Social Work, Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital.

Two photos next to each other. One is a group of people standing in a large room in a hospital. The room is the pharmacy department that dispenses medications to patients in the hospital and some medication items are visible in the photo. The other photo is a close up of a woman wearing health care worker scrubs in front of an industrial refrigerator that stores medicine“March is Pharmacy Month! We celebrate our pharmacy professionals for the outstanding level of commitment to patient care that we’ve come to rely on every day. Our Sinai Health pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, learners, and leadership and administrative staff work together to maintain seamless, safe, and effective medication management for all our patients. Ongoing education and research, technological advances, and quality improvement initiatives ensure the continued provision of state-of-the art care. Thank you, Pharmacy!”
Submitted by Virginia Fernades, Clinical Practice Leader, Pharmacy, Mount Sinai Hospital

Two people standing with an elevator. one is outside the elevator doors. The other person is visible on the other side of the elevator standing outside the other set of doors. There is a green wall outside the elevator in the background“Did you know? In 2021, 206,813 elevator trips were made at Mount Sinai Hospital. Our elevators are critical to ensuring a great patient experience and efficient hospital operations. As part of Renew Sinai’s elevator modernization project, Mount Sinai elevators are being refurbished to current efficiency and accessibility standards. This will facilitate faster travel time, a smoother and more visually appealing experience, and increased reliability. A project two years in the making, we recently completed a key milestone─the modernization of the University Avenue elevators. Thank you to our people, patients and visitors for their patience and flexibility throughout the project. Pictured here (right to left) are Sean Hannon, Project Manager, Capital Development and Mohammed Abdul-Ghani, Senior Manager, Building Services with the final elevator modernized on the University Avenue side. Congratulations to the Renew Sinai and Building Services teams for their hard work.”
Submitted by: Darnell Williams, Senior Director, Phase 3A Capital Development, Mount Sinai Hospital