Garnet Health Honored With ‘Vision of Hope’ Award by Regional Eye Donation Bank

Pictured left to right are Lions Eye Bank Office Manager Justine Mantello, Lions Eye Bank Executive Director Victoria Adler, Garnet Health CEO Al Pilong, Garnet Health Medical Center CNO Debora Snyder, Garnet Health Medical Center ICU Nurse Director and Chair of Organ Donation Kathy Bermo, Garnet Health Medical Center ICU Nurse Manager and Co-Chair of Organ Donation Linda Curiale.
 

Garnet Health Medical Center, formerly Orange Regional Medical Center, was presented with the “Vision of Hope” award from Lions Eye Bank at Albany on National Donor Day, February 14.

The hospital was one of ten facilities in the region that received the award for helping to initiate, facilitate and support eye tissue donations to the eye bank, which celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

Garnet Health CEO Alfred Pilong was on site to accept the award, as well as Garnet Health Medical Center CNO Debora Snyder, ICU Nurse Director Kathy Bermo, and ICU Nurse Manager Linda Curiale.

National Donor Day is an annual observance to educate and inform the public about organ, eye and tissue donation, as well as to recognize those who have given and received these donations.

For more information on donation, or to register as a potential donor, visit the Lions Eye Bank website at www.lionseyebankalbany.org.