RUSSELL, Ky. — Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital (OLBH) representatives have announced Karen Wurts as the hospital’s first quarter Good Help Award recipient for 2011.

Wurts works in the hospital’s emergency room and has been an employee of OLBH since 1994. Wurts is a graduate of Boyd County High School and she resides in Ashland.

Initiated by Bon Secours Health System, Inc., the Good Help Award is presented quarterly to an employee who shows respect and caring toward patients, co-workers and visitors. The employee should be a person of honesty and integrity and one who demonstrates justice, stewardship and innovation.

As the first quarter Good Help award winner, Wurts is in contention for the overall Dedicated Service Award winner chosen annually from OLBH’s four quarterly Good Help Award recipients.

The recipient of the Dedicated Service Award receives a cash prize and a paid trip for two to Baltimore, Md., to attend an awards banquet to honor the overall Bon Secours Health System Good Help Award winner.

For more information on OLBH, call the OLBH CareLine at (606) 833-CARE (2273) or visit the hospital’s Web site at www.olbh.com.