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Elmhurst Hospital Remembers Mlk

Elmhurst Hospital Center held their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance celebration at the medical center on Monday, Jan. 14, during which City Council Member Daniel Dromm served as the keynote speaker. Dromm celebrated the legacy of the civil rights leader, whose life will be marked with the federal holiday named in his memory this Monday, Jan. 21. The Council member also spoke about the many other civil rights challenges more than 40 years after King’s death. Shown at the ceremony are (front row, left to right) Atiya Butler, Elmhurst Hospital’s associate director of external affairs; Priscilla Carrow, labor caucus co-chair; Chung Untee of Nursing Ward A-2 and Chaio-Chung Chen, advisory board member; and (back row, left to right) Wayne Zimmermann, the hospital’s chief operating officer; Chris Constantino, executive director; Vivian Dock, advisory board member; Dromm; Debra Diggs of the Ambulatory Care Department; and Dean Mihaltses, associate executive director.