Angela Gomez

Jan. 9, 2025
A photo of Angela Gomez.
Angela Gomez

Act of kindness to hand-deliver lost eyeglasses to patient

When a patient accidentally left her favorite eyeglasses at the hospital, Angela Gomez hand-delivered the lost glasses after working a 12-hour shift.

Gomez, MRI technologist at UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, routinely prepares patients for MRI scans. One day, a patient arrived for a scan and removed all metal objects that could interfere with the imaging process. Gomez saw the patient take off her eyeglasses and then helped position her on the MRI table.

Once the scan was complete, the patient left the hospital and returned to her nursing home.

Shortly after, Gomez realized the patient left her glasses at the hospital and decided to take the eyeglasses to the patient.

“I have elderly parents,” Gomez said. “And if it was one of them, I want them to get them (back).”

Knowing that glasses are expensive and the inconvenience involved in getting a new pair, Gomez wanted to personally make sure the patient got her glasses back that night.

“I just thought it’s just easier if I just take it to her,” Gomez said.

That Friday evening, after working a 12-hour shift, Gomez proceeded to drive 10 miles out of her way to the nursing home to hand-deliver the glasses to the patient.

When the patient saw Gomez, her face lit up. The patient was stunned, saying: “I can’t believe you’re here with my glasses. I can’t believe that you drove and found me.”

The patient was elated and very grateful for Gomez’s effort to return her favorite glasses.

Recently, colleague Nathan Stevens submitted a Celebrating You recognition for Gomez.

“Angela demonstrated how she places patients first; even outside of work hours she is looking to improve the lives of our patients,” Stevens wrote in the recognition. “She shows that true compassion doesn’t clock out. Acts like hers make a world of difference in the lives of our patients and their families.”

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About the author

Christine Freer joined UCHealth as a communications specialist in 2022. Prior to joining UCHealth, Freer served as the lead public information officer at the Florida Department of Health in Escambia County. She spent the last 11 years working in public health, program management, and health care marketing and communications. Freer earned a Bachelor of Arts in public health promotion from Purdue University and a Master of Public Health in social marketing from the University of South Florida. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Jim, and their German shepherd, Lincoln.