A Secret Bequest from a Grateful Patient
Standing, from left, in front of the dedication plaque of Jean Vachon are PLCM Medical Center San Pedro Chief Executive Nancy Carlson; Jean Vachon's friends, Dotty Herrity and Arlene Seitz; and Foundation President Joseph Zanetta.
Jean Vachon quietly benefited from our compassionate care without fuss or fanfare. But Jean was not just a passive recipient of great medical care at Providence Little Company of Mary. She acted out of gratitude to insure that PLCM would continue to provide excellent medical care to tens of thousands of people well into the future.Sadly, Jean Vachon has passed away. But, thanks to her generosity, she has made an enduring impact. Jean's will left $4,000,000 to the San Pedro medical center. That was the single largest gift ever given to the San Pedro campus. Her bequest created the Jean L. Vachon Imaging Center including invaluable imaging equipment (a nuclear medicine camera and a computerized tomography scanner), now housed in fully-upgraded imaging rooms. Nuclear medicine and computerized tomography combine to deliver unprecedented image quality, critical for accurate and timely diagnosis of cardiac disease and other ills.
Over 10,000 CT and nuclear medicine procedures are performed annually, according to Sandra Edson, Imaging Director at PLCMMC San Pedro. Every patient who undergoes one of those procedures benefits from Jean Vachon's legacy.
You don't have to be a millionaire to create a testament to your values. Anyone can make a gift by will or living trust to support the mission of Providence Little Company of Mary. Click here to see our bequest language.
