POPULAR HOSPITAL WORKER BACK ON WHEELS.Byline: Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
The thief who stole Mark Cohen's old bike should know this. Mark got a new three-wheeler three-wheel·er n. A vehicle having three wheels, as a small, all-terrain motor vehicle. three-wheeler n (car) → coche m cabina three-wheeler Wednesday Wednesday: see week. . An $1,169 beauty with a big basket on the back. He got it as a gift from the people who have come to lean heavily on this small, gentle, 55-year-old developmentally disabled man who delivers medicines from the pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. to nurses' stations at the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center on weekends.To people who see more than their share of hurt, sadness and tragedy on every work shift. Then Mark Cohen For the fictional character, see . For the Pennsylvania legislative leader, see . For the Irish cricketer, see . For the comedian, see . Mark R. Cohen (born 1943) is a Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. comes walking down the hallway, pushing his cart of medicines, smiling and asking all how they're doing. The world just seems to brighten bright·en tr. & intr.v. bright·ened, bright·en·ing, bright·ens To make or become bright or brighter. bright up, they say. ``It's impossible to see Mark coming your way or talk to him without smiling,'' said nurse Ericka Olden old·en adj. Of, relating to, or belonging to time long past; old or ancient: olden days. [Middle English : old, old; see old + -en, adj. . ``He's a sweetheart, always so cheerful that it rubs off on everybody else,'' said Mahin Sattar, another nurse. ``We call him Speedy because he walks so fast and is always happy.'' Except on a day about one month ago. Mark wasn't cheerful or happy when he arrived that day at the hospital where he has worked for 25 years - as a volunteer even before he got his weekend job. He was down, as down as anyone at the hospital has ever seen him. ``Somebody stole my bike,'' Mark told his boss, Gene Gershenhorn. Stole his only mode of transportation to work and around town: a three-wheel bike he kept locked up in the carport CARPORT Cardiology A clinical trial–Coronary Artery Restenosis Prevention on Repeated Thromboxane-Antagonism Study that evaluated thromboxane A2-receptor blockade in preventing restenosis after PCTA in Pts with CAD. near the Tarzana condo he shares with a roommate. ``I was in a management meeting later that day and happened to mention that somebody had stolen Mark's bike,'' said Gershenhorn, pharmacy director at the hospital. ``After the meeting, everybody came up to me wanting to donate money to help him buy another bike,'' he said. ``I've never seen anything like it. I knew Mark was popular around here, but this was really something.'' Before long, the nurses were checking in, too. They had heard about Mark's stolen bike. They wanted to know what they could give. Then, the hospital volunteers - from the front desk to the gift shop to the cafeteria cafeteria: see restaurant. - checked in. They asked who was taking up the collection. In the end, though, board members in the hospital's community foundation told everybody they already were picking up the tab for Mark's new bike. ``When we heard about how all the employees and volunteers cared so much about this man that they wanted to buy him a new one, we voted unanimously to get Mark the best three-wheeler we could find,'' said Sandi Miller-Goldman, chairwoman of the Encino-Tarzana Hospital Community Foundation. They know a valuable employee and major asset to the hospital when they see one, she said. So, in a ceremony Wednesday in the front lobby, they gave Mark his new bike. He doesn't have to walk to work anymore. Everybody was smiling because, as the nurses said, you just can't help smiling around this humble Humble may refer to:
Mark thanked everyone in sight - even people who were there to visit patients and had no clue why he was grateful. Mark and David Cohen For other persons named David Cohen, see David Cohen (disambiguation). David Cohen (November 13, 1914 - October 3, 2005), was an American politician, noted for his service in the administration of President Franklin D. , not relatives despite the same last name, have shared housing since 1985 - after the deaths of Mark's parents, then his two sisters. There was nobody left in his family for Mark to live with. ``How about me?'' David said. They had met at a workshop in the Valley where developmentally disabled adults are trained and hired for jobs. Mark was learning how to put handles on suitcases; David, to put tags on towels. ``We started talking and found out we had more in common that just our last names,'' David said. He smiled in the hospital lobby while he watched Mark thank another stranger for the new bike. The woman had no idea what he was talking about, but she was smiling. Then Mark got on his new three-wheeler, and David got on his old one, and the two roommates rode their bikes home together. One other thing the bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. thief should know. Mark's new three-wheeler is going inside the condo from now on, so don't even think about it. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Hospital employee Mark Cohen sits on his new bike at the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center, where it was given to him Wednesday. He had been without transportation for his job and shopping since a thief stole his old three-wheeler. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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