When disaster strikes, we're there. But we're also there for people everyday. From emergency missions to United Way commitments, the world is our community when someone needs help.
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Events
Duke Raleigh Hospital Receives Spirit of NC Award through United Way
Duke Raleigh Hospital received the Spirit of NC Award for running a successful employee campaign for the United Way of the Triangle in 2009. Duke Raleigh was honored at the United Way of North Carolina Annual Meeting in February 2010 in Pinehurst.
The Guild at Duke Raleigh Hospital
The Duke Raleigh Hospital Guild was chartered in 2005 to help support the mission and services of the hospital, both onsite and throughout the community. Through outreach, patient support, education and public relations, the Guild helps reinforce the hospital's message.
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People Stories
Patient's Best Friend
Dogs have always been man’s best friend, but Hummer, a golden retriever at Duke Raleigh Hospital takes “friend” to an entirely new level for the patients that he visits.
Physician Highlight — Dr. Marc Calabrese
Ordinarily, a missed flight spells disaster for anyone needing to make it to a destination in the knick of time. But for Dr. Marc Calabrese, a member of Duke Raleigh's emergency medical staff, a missed flight landed him in the arms of fate.
Employee Profile: Lois Bockmann
Lois Bockmann, registered nurse in the emergency department at Duke Raleigh Hospital, never knew that a single moment would change her entire life.
Hospital Volunteers
Duke Raleigh Hospital's volunteers are a critical part of the hospital team and enable the organization to maintain many critical hospital functions as well as to offer some important "special touches" to improve the patient and visitor experience.
Haiti
After a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, Duke Raleigh Hospital sprung into action. Through several support organizations, medical teams from Duke Raleigh joined other medical professionals from the Triangle on medical relief missions to treat the injured.
Krys Dixon: Haiti Calls
For days, Duke Raleigh's Krys Dixon, RN, WOCN, heard the same sound. Beep. Beep. Beep. Dixon was working at the Partners in Health hospital in Cange, Haiti, at the time.
Pam Borden: Uganda Beckons
Duke Raleigh's Pam Borden, RNC, RLC, IBCLC, jumped at the chance to take a second trip to Kampala, Uganda, to work with Ugandan nurses at Mulago Hospital when the Duke Neurosurgery East Africa Training Mission traveled there in September.
