IN THIS SECTION

• Behavioral Health
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Cardio Pulmonary
  • - Bronchoscopy
  • - Echocardiogram
  • - EKG
  • - EEG
  • - Pulmonary Function
  • - Smoking Cessation
  • - TEE
• Chest Pain Center
• Dental
  • - Oral Health
• Diabetes Education
• Diagnostic Imaging
  • - CT 64 Slice
  • - CT Angiography
  • - Women's Imaging
  • - MRI
  • - Nuclear
  • - 4D Ultrasound
  • - Xray
• Dialysis
• Digestive Disease Center
  • - Colonoscopy
  • - Upper GI Endoscopy
  • - Lower GI Endoscopy
• Emergency Medicine
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Immediate Treatment Care
• Inpatient Care
  • - Nutrition
  • - Intensive Care Unit
  • - Pediatrics
• Laboratory
• Radiation Medicine
• OB/GYN
• Occupational Wellness Center
• Olean General Healthcare
• Pastoral Care
• Rehabilitation
  • - Outpatient Rehabilitation
• Salamanca Primary Care Clinic
• Sleep Center
  • - Sleepiness Scale
  • - Sleep Studies
    What to Expect
  • - Sleep Apnea
  • - Insomnia
  • - Restless Legs Syndrome
  • - Narcolepsy
  • - Tips for Better Sleep
• Surgical Services
• Volunteer Service
• Wound Care
  • - Hyper Oxygen Therapy
  • - Hyper Oxygen Chamber
  • - Your Visit

Programs & Services

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care Team

Sr. Dana Hollis

Reverend Ron Reichman

Reverend Robert Goode

Here to Help You

Pastoral Care Chaplains offer caring and committed pastoral support. They provide spiritual support to patients, their families and our staff in illness, conflicts and tragedies. The Chaplains at Olean General Hospital are an important part of an integrated health team. In times of need, hospital chaplains offer non-judgmental compassion, understanding and sensitivity to spiritual, cultural, ethnic and individual needs.

Services include:

• Patient visitation and pastoral support
• Pastoral support for families of inpatients and outpatients
• Prayer resources such as bibles and other spiritual literature
• Communion for patients at the bedside
• Assistance at family conferences
• Assistance in decision making
• Crisis intervention
• Information and assistance with Advance Directive and Health Care Proxy
• Contact pastor/priest/spiritual leader at patient’s or family request
• Grief Support

To Request a Chaplain

A Chaplain is in the hospital Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

To Contact Pastoral Care
(716) 373-2600 Hospital Operator

To Contact a Hospital Chaplain
(716) 375-6970 Pastoral Care Office

To leave a message or prayer request
E-mail dhollis@ogh.org, Sister Dana E. Hollis, OSF - Manager, Pastoral Care.

Locations

The pastoral Care Office is located on the second floor in the West Wing of the hospital.

A Meditation Room is located on the second floor across from the Patient and Visitor Atrium between the East and West Wings of the hospital. The Meditation Room is designed to provide patients and family members a place of retreat for prayer and meditation.

You Can Also Make a Difference

You are invited to join current employees, retired employees and volunteers to participate in the “Compassionate Companions” Program. Volunteers are asked to sign up to be available during one or more days a month of their choosing. To provide 24-hour coverage, a team of “Compassionate Companions” will be on call each week, ready to serve at the bedside.

For details call the OGH Volunteer Office at (716)375-6119 or e-mail sgaughn@ogh.org.