Patient Stories
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital relies on the generosity of our community to help support our efforts of providing quality health care for local programs and services. Generous donor support provides the important funding needed for the programs and services that make amazing patient success stories like these, and so many others, possible.
Navigating a cancer diagnosis and everything that comes with it is an incredibly challenging experience. That’s why Mission Hope Cancer Center - Arroyo Grande has people like Oncology Nurse Navigator Lindsey Hughes.
Robin Sumabat’s gynecologist recommended that she have a pelvic ultrasound in 2022 and again in 2023. The Arroyo Grande resident said her experience at the Matthew Will Memorial Medical Center was outstanding.
As a physician and retired Dignity Health executive, Gene Keller, M.D., knew that shared hospital rooms were far from ideal. It wasn’t until he experienced a life-changing injury, and spent nearly two weeks rehabbing in the Acute Rehabilitation Center at Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, that he felt firsthand the impact on healing and the loss of dignity that occurs when patients must share a room.
As a local cancer survivor, Ellen Beck knows firsthand the importance of the programs and services offered to patients at Mission Hope Cancer Center, Arroyo Grande. She has been an enthusiastic participant in the Cancer Rehabilitation Program and has reaped the benefits of regaining her strength after the diminishing side effects of treatment.
With a history of caring for the elderly in assisted living facilities, community leader and business owner Juanita McMullen has had close ties to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital for many years. She served on the Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation Board and is a longtime philanthropic supporter of the hospital. A recent head injury led to her experiencing the hospital in a new way – as a patient.
In an emergency, every second counts. Michael Boyer, a member of the Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, has experienced first-hand the prompt and skillful care offered at the Emergency Department.