Tennova Healthcare - Jefferson Memorial Hospital Commemorates Doctors’ Day with Donations to Walters State Foundation and Carson Newman University

3/30/2023

JEFFERSON CITY, TN – This year, to celebrate National Doctor’s Day, Tennova Healthcare - Jefferson Memorial Hospital found a unique way to thank the providers who serve our community and hospitals. In lieu of gifts, Tennova Healthcare - Jefferson donated money to local nursing programs.

“We are incredibly grateful to all of our providers who serve our community,” said Ben Ridder, CEO of Tennova Healthcare - Jefferson Memorial. “We are fortunate to have them and want to acknowledge their contributions, sacrifices, skills and unwavering care to the thousands of lives we at Jefferson Memorial touch each year.”

The physicians voted to determine what cause they wanted the money to go towards. They elected to help two causes with a donation of $1,000 to each. In support of our future caregivers, they chose Walters State Foundation’s general nursing scholarship and Carson Newman University’s nursing scholarship fund as perfect programs to support area residents who have chosen a healthcare career path.

Doctors’ Day was first observed in Winder, Georgia. Started by Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of a prominent Georgian doctor, the day was meant to recognize and honor doctors for their service. She decided the best way to do that was to mail greeting cards to all the doctors she knew and to place flowers on the graves of deceased doctors. She used red carnations- a flower still used to this day for National Doctors’ Day celebrations. Each year, on March 30, we celebrate National Doctors’ Day to honor the professionals for their dedication and contributions to community and society. Tennova Healthcare - Jefferson Memorial Hospital is sincerely grateful to doctors for all that they do.

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