Laughter is the Best Medicine starring Paula Poundstone: the Fairview Hospital 2021 Gala

Fairview Hospital invites you to watch our 2021 Fairview Hospital “Laughter is the Best Medicine” Gala with Paula Poundstone, who joined us for a day of filming in the Berkshires. This is Fairview’s biggest fundraiser of the year to raise funds to Project Ultrasound to purchase two new Ultrasound units for the Diagnostic Radiology Department.
This movie, directed by Ben Hillman, honors the Community…the people who have, in ways small and large, contributed to the health of others and continue to do so. Whether it is the frontline hospital worker or the person who has helped a friend get groceries. We celebrate moments from the past year and the many ways individuals and organizations showed their spirit of community, generosity, and courage for others. We are resilient and strong, because we are a community!
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2021 Gala Co-Chairs:
Carrie Herrington
Elaine Mack
Helice Picheny
Cheryl Raifstanger
Anne Schnesel
Our Gala Committee:
Elise Abrams
Mary Pat Akers
Adrienne Arnold
Lisa Cohen
Janet Cookson
Laurie deRis
Janet Dohoney
Michaela Dohoney
Laura Fleury
Jane Glaser
Rebecca Gold
Dee Harnish
Louann Harvey
Pat Hogan
Elisabeth Humes
Sandi Kafenbaum
Gina Kirchner
Judy Lieberman
Gayle Moskowitz
Shirley Mueller
Allyce Najimy
Fran Premerlani
Anne Remmes-Cohen
Barbara Rosenbaum
Ilana Siegal
Elaine Silberstein
Amy Smith
Susan Smith
Danielle Stern
Julianna Van Wagner
Robin Weisner
Mary White
Shirley Yohalem
About Fairview Hospital
A member of Berkshire Health Systems, Fairview Hospital offers the strength of a nationally recognized healthcare system with the feel of a community hospital.
For over a century, Fairview Hospital has been the trusted provider of healthcare in the southern Berkshires. In recent years, Fairview Hospital has received national recognition as being in the top 10% of hospitals nationwide for high patient satisfaction and patient experience among its honors.
Fairview is a primary acute care hospital offering inpatient medical services, general surgery, orthopedics, and maternity services with 24-hour emergency and hospitalist coverage. Fairview also provides a full range of ambulatory surgical services which include general surgery, gynecology, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ophthalmology and gastroenterology.
To learn more about Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, MA, go to: www.berkshireh...

[@Aozora333]

Love you so much Paula

[@luvbearbut]

I frickin adore Paula and have for years!! I wish I had her natural comedic mind. She's just AWESOME!!! and so kind!

[@russellharvey8590]

If (when) I get sick, I know where I'm going. Poundstone, STAT!

[@markpike5008]

Paula Poundstone you rock!!! I'm in California, nowhere near this amazing hospital but I feel compelled to say I'm totally impressed that you would put together a special for a small town hospital. I saw your comedy 20+ yrs ago, maybe 30 yrs. Idk. My point is bless you Paula. What a noble cause. I hope 2022 is treating you with all of the kindness a New Year has to offer. Forever a fan in me.😘👍✌

[@fairviewhospital-greatbarr8971]

She was AMAZING. Thanks for your comment.

[@SarahRenz59]

This was a very well-produced video, considering it's for such a small hospital. It was really nice for Paula to lend her time and comedic talents to help with the fundraiser. I found the chat with the ultrasound tech very interesting: I was a nuclear medicine technician in the early 1980s, and I did emergency scans for testicular torsion and pulmonary emboli. It's nice to see that ultrasound technology has advanced enough to take over as it's less invasive.

[@lorielizabethwade7505]

Omgosh! Best ad for a hospital ever!!! Love from N GA mountains ❤

[@fairviewhospital-greatbarr8971]

Paula was wonderful! Thanks for the comment from GA!

[@Deanriley]

‘So excited I’ve got blood flow”; good point.😂

[@LJ542]

Wish I could go there! Glad I don't need to!

[@dentednj]

This is one of the most bizarre things I've seen. Paula is such a character!

[@kwaahu1035]

That was the most impressive balancing act I've ever seen. Were there suction cups attached to those shoes? Loved the yellow plane. I have to say this video made me envious: how I would love to live near a hospital and staff such as yours!

[@sole_to_soul]

😁 One of the doctors conjectured that she used velcro.😁

[@Noname-cn4ly]

40 minute wait at the hospital????? I WISH!!! Hell, in Arizona, I waited 4 hours in the waiting room!🥺😞😡

[@FuHackers-wx9lq]

She's sharp.... 😁

[@dianee7778]

Forty minute wait for a NYC emergency room??? Lol. I’d love to know where she came up with that fact! WRONG!

[@annajacob7981]

That stat - an average 40-minute wait at NYC hospital emergency room - probably came from a NYC "hospitalist" and their statistics number cruncher who fudged it! 😅

[@dianee7778]

@@annajacob7981 lol, probably!