Archive for 2022

Tammy Moore is a phlebotomist in Kansas who has worked with HCA Healthcare for seven years. She heard about the Hope Fund and started donating shortly after being hired, but like most people, she didn’t expect to ever have a reason to apply for help. But life can change in an instant, and that is…

Brittany Schmidt is a Nurse Manager who has worked with HCA for about seven years. She was familiar with the Hope Fund from seeing stories in her email, and she knew someone who had received assistance, but she never imagined needing assistance herself until one day she found herself in a very difficult situation. Imagine…

At only 39 years old, most people don’t expect to have major health issues. But as an experienced nurse, Jonathan Sprinkle knew something was wrong. “I had been experiencing pain for some years, but I had a hard time getting a diagnosis since I was only 39 years old,” he said. “One day I was…

Ana Hernandez has worked as a social worker at HCA Healthcare for three years. One day as she was arriving at work, she slipped in the parking lot and fell. “I knew something was broken because I couldn’t move,” she says. Instead of clocking in for work that day, she became a patient in the…

Janet Merced is an OR Nurse who has worked with HCA Healthcare for five years. She learned about the Hope Fund shortly after being hired, but didn’t immediately remember it years later when she needed help. Janet’s mother, Aurora, had a stroke. In an instant, Aurora went from being self-sufficient to needing around the clock…

Sunflower Blanton is a patient care technician with a dream to become a nurse. Her life is busy as she juggles her job taking care of patients in Texas and attends her challenging yet rewarding classes to make her dream a reality by earning her nursing degree. Like many students, she lives on a tight budget…

Estefany Londono, a Complex Specimen Processor in Florida, was just 25 years old when her life changed forever. She had to call out of work one day because she felt “too sick to move”. When a day out of work stretched to an entire week, she went to the doctor and learned her white blood…

Nick Mitchell works as a Tech Analyst in Utah and has been with HCA Healthcare for three years. His wife Whitney is a nurse, and they have two young daughters Alyssa and Hailey. When his youngest, Hailey, was just fourteen months old, she developed odd bruising around her eyes. The doctor ran some tests and…

Kat Chavez, a senior product analyst and mother of two, has been part of the HCA Healthcare family for fifteen years. She lives near New Orleans, and learned about the Hope Fund nearly a decade ago when she received assistance after a hurricane caused damage to her home. “Ever since then, I’ve been giving back…