Bristol Hospital presented its first Hospital Champion Awards to members of its state delegation on Wednesday, May 11. The ceremony was part of the quarterly President’s Forum event which is hosted by Kurt A. Barwis, FACHE, president and CEO of Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, and John J. Leone, Jr, chairman of the Board of Directors of Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group. The Hospital Champion Award recipients included: state Sen. Henri Martin, (R-31); state Rep. Whit Betts, (R-78); state Rep. Elizabeth “Betty” Boukus, (D-22); state Rep. Frank Nicastro, (D-79); and state Rep. Cara Pavalock, (R-77). The Hospital Champion Awards were created to honor the delegation’s work at the sate cpitol on behalf of the Bristol Hospital community including its patients, families and employees. In attendance at the Hospital Champion Awards presentation included, from the left: Mark Blum, vice- chairman of the Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group Board of Directors; John J, Leone, Jr, chairman of the Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group Board of Directors; Betts; Boukus; Pavalock; Nicastro; Martin; and Barwis.
