CLEARLAKE, Calif. – On a very rainy Dec. 10, Gail Ayzenberg and Linda Simayon from United Medical Institute in Sacramento paid a visit to St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake to present a generous $5,000 gift.

The gift, to be split between the cardiopulmonary and imaging departments, was given as a show of appreciation for the excellent technical training that their students receive at St. Helena Hospital Clear Lake.

Department directors Kevin Cole and Amber Thompson were honored, along with ultrasound technician Jeannie Cerna and Donna Compton, vascular sonographer.

“It is refreshing to see a medical facility that truly cares about the individual patient instead of viewing everything only through the prism of business,” Simayon told hospital staff.