Northside Hospital Offers Courtesy Shuttle To Patients, Visitors

A generous grant from the Northside Hospital-Atlanta Auxiliary will allow Northside Hospital to offer patients and visitors a complementary Courtesy Shuttle service around its campus.

The Auxiliary Courtesy Shuttle runs a continuous loop from the main entrance of the hospital to the adjacent Emergency Department, Cancer Center and Medical Tower. It operates 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

“We have been working toward this day for a very long time and the Auxiliary is so excited about being able to provide this service for our patients and visitors,” said Carol Kratochvil, manager of Northside Hospital Volunteer Services.

Northside Hospital’s Auxiliary began serving the Sandy Springs hospital and community in 1969 with 100 volunteers.

Today, the organization has 300 active volunteers, from ages 14-90 years, who work in more than 30 departments and who gave nearly 47,000 hours of service to Northside over the last year.

For more information about the Northside Hospital-Atlanta Auxiliary, call 404-851-8707 or visit its website.

(Photo: From left to right, Auxiliary members George McCallum; Lisa Angel, president; Carol Kratochvil; Gordon Jones; Ed Farley; Randy Wellborn; Michaelle Arkin, president elect; Jeanne Beckwith; Lorene Knauf; and Chuck Ellet. Credit: Northside Hospital)