Lisa Roberie was recently awarded Ville Platte Medical Center’s 2009 Mercy Award. This honor places Roberie in contention for LifePoint’s Mercy Award, the highest honor an employee can earn with LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., the parent company of Ville Platte Medical Center.

The Mercy Award was created to honor outstanding individuals for their commitment to LifePoint’s high standards of excellence. This award is given annually in honor of Scott L. Mercy (1961 – 2000), founding chief executive officer of LifePoint Hospitals Inc. The Mercy Award is meant to commend individuals whose daily dedication and care giving inspires others with their compassion, dedication and merciful spirit. The national winner will be honored in May at a ceremony during LifePoint Hospitals’ Senior Leadership Retreat in Washington, D.C.

Roberie, who was nominated by Karen LeJeune, medsurg shift supervisor, has been employed at Ville Platte Medical Center for over 29 years. She is extremely dedicated to her family, church and hospital work.

“We are very proud to recognize Lisa Roberie for her efforts on behalf of our patients and our community”, states Alan Daugherty, VPMC chief executive officer. We are honored to have her as part of our employee family. Undoubtedly, our patients benefit from the kind of commitment to humanitarian concerns that she demonstrates each day.”