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Our Bureau Community gathering with art drive

New York

s the demographics of organized by extended Care facility
New York and Long Is-
Aland begin to mold into a
much greater ethnically diverse
population than ever antici-
pated, the need to address this
aging population has become
of great importance. A. Holly
Patterson Extended Care Fa-
cility has answered this call by
introducing a first time ever a
special wing dedicated solely as
an Indian Asian unit. Ms. Jinna
Kim, President of Loving Care
Health Management passioned
this project with A. Holly Pat-
terson 17 years ago with the in-
troduction of Korean Division.
Already successfully operat-
ing for several months now, the
Director of this Indian Asian
unit, Ms. Brahashitha Gupta
& team have made the launch
more public in recent weeks.
Starting with a beautiful com-
munity driven art drive where
residents as far as Rhode Is-
land, New Jersey & Upstate
NY painted and drew person-
al art reflective of the Indian
Asian culture came together to
adorn the halls of this new Indi-
an-Asian unit.
On July 31, a formal presen-
tation was conducted for the
opening of this first ever dedicat-
ed Indian-Asian unit. A by-in-
vitation type of even included
Nassau University Medical Cen-
ter Board of Trustees members
Dr. Bobby Kalotee, Adminis-
trator of A. Holly Patterson Mr.
Anthony Aiello, President of
Loving Care Management Ms.
Jinna Kim, other distinguished
guests, community leaders and
live singing performances. Art
Drive Participants, Communi-
ty outreach messengers & high
school volunteers were hon-
ored with certificates and recog-
nitions. The launch of this unit Art Drive Participants: Vandhana Pathak, Shreya Swamy, of Maharaja groceries, Rama
was very well received by all that Ananda Iyer, Aarthi Sridhar, Thulasi Gupta, Namita Gawde, Natrajan & Sheba Thomas, Na-
attended and all seemed quite Dipti Shah, Hiral Trivedi, Dr. Aakansha Chauhan, Sangeeta heed Khan, Sena Lund of Asa-
impressed and were pleased to Maya Irimpen, Meeta Kumar, Ahuja, Bhuvi Sunil Kumar. mai, Sangeeta Ahuja of Fit to
know and care about the Unit Mona Mehra, Poonam Kumar, Community messengers honoree: Function Therapy, Alpana Sen
to cater the growing needs of Priya Ravi, Shruthi Kumar, Adhimoolam Marimuthu of of MTR, Neelu Bedi & Wanda
the Asian population. Sangeeta Pandit, Smita Shetty, Chennai Dosas, Senthil Kumar Arroyo.

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