Clinic Chaplains Bring Peace
MERCY BELLA VISTA, HIGHLANDS ONCOLOGY OFFER SPIRITUAL CARE
Posted: December 17, 2011 at 5:03 a.m.
Chaplain Kandi Mount studies a devotional passage Wednesday in the prayer room of Bella Vista Medical Center. The medical clinic, part of Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas, is pioneering a new concept in care by having a chaplain on site part time.
As lead physician of a busy medical clinic, Mark Lee’s primary focus is on health care. That means fielding the wide variety of complaints that bring people to the clinic — cough, cold, joint pain, injury, chronic conditions and more.
Chaplain Kandi Mount, left, laughs with nurse Sally Bennett while making her morning rounds Wednesday at Bella Vista Medical ...
GO & DO
A SERVICE FOR HOPE AND HEALING
Date: Noon Wednesday
Venue: Highlands Oncology Group chapel, 808 S. 52nd St., Rogers
Purpose: The reflective service aims to bring people together in worship to find peace, purpose, support and connectedness to God and to others.
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
Chaplain Kandi Mount wears a scarf necklace with a cross and hearts Wednesday that was recently given to her by a clinic staf...
AT A GLANCE
MEDICAL CHAPLAINS
Medical chaplains provide spiritual, pastoral and emotional care to patients, their families and staff.
Most are ordained pastors, rabbis or other religious leaders. Their purpose is not to evangelize but to offer guidance in times of trouble.
“As a chaplain, you do not go into a room with an agenda,” said Pierce McIntyre, leader of the chaplaincy team at Mercy Medical Center. “It’s about the patient - meeting them where they are.” SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
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I applaud the physicians and administrators who are willing to underwrite this tremendous service to the suffering and their families. I am one who appreciates the prayer of a chaplain when receiving difficult news.
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