From time to time, one is for­tu­nate to meet some­one that leaves foot­prints on the heart.

Carol Ford

For those of us at Colum­bia Cen­ter, this per­son was Carol Ford. Carol was Colum­bia Center’s Direc­tor of Patient Ser­vices for the past seven years, and was an OB staff nurse with Colum­bia Hos­pi­tal for the 31 years prior to that. Carol saw many changes in child­birth dur­ing her career — from not allow­ing fathers in the deliv­ery room to elec­tronic fetal mon­i­tor­ing to nat­ural child­birth and family-centered care. But one thing remained con­stant — Carol was a tal­ented and com­pas­sion­ate nurse. She sup­ported count­less fam­i­lies through labor and birth, includ­ing many of her own coworkers.

Carol Ford (right)

Through­out the years, Carol was a valu­able role model, a tire­less men­tor, a “mother” to many and a good friend.

We wish Carol all the best in her new endeav­ors and extend our heart­felt grat­i­tude to her for her numer­ous con­tri­bu­tions to our orga­ni­za­tion and the fam­i­lies we serve.

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