Trios Health Names 2025 Mercy Award Winner - Corrin Veiga recognized for demonstrating compassion and unwavering commitment to helping others

Trios Health recently announced that Corrin Veiga has been recognized as the facility’s 2025 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.

Established in 2001, the Mercy Award is an annual recognition program that honors the life and contributions of Scott Mercy, Lifepoint’s founding chairman and chief executive officer. The award is considered the highest honor a Lifepoint employee can receive.

“At Trios Health, our caring and compassionate team members are at the heart of advancing our mission of making communities healthier – and Corrin Veiga, is a shining example of this day in and day out,” said David Elgarico, Market President & CEO of Trios Health and Interim CEO of Lourdes Health. “We are so proud to recognize her many contributions to caring for patients, supporting our hospital, and serving our community. I’m grateful for Corrin’s positive influence and the example she sets for all of us.”

Corrin has been working in Trios’ Therapy Services department as a Pelvic Floor Therapist since 2020.  She is recognized not only for the compassionate care she provides, but for her contributions in our community. Her nomination reads as follows:

“Corrin has the rare ability to make any person who comes into her treatment room feel safe.  A true safety. A trusting safety. The definition of do no harm. This week, like any other week, a woman went out of her way to express, with tears streaming down her face that Corrin's empathy and expertise allowed her to feel hope after recent trauma.

As a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, Corrin treats a very vulnerable population, many victims of sexual abuse.   Corrin does not merely treat them, she heals them. They come into our office, worried that they will always be in pain, embarrassed and afraid to share their stories.   Corrin upholds their confidentiality with the utmost professionalism. She holds that in her heart and head at all times. 

With her extended family of healthcare workers, she serves the community at large through volunteer opportunities. She volunteers and sponsors events that bless children's lives. She teaches caregivers of life-long pain patients, who experience insurmountable medical bills in their future therapeutic techniques that can help them relieve their family member's pain.   She is in constant pursuit of how far she can push herself to grow and serve.”

Corrin is continually donating her time and talents to other local organizations that benefit our community. She has volunteered for Christ the King School’s Sausage Fest, is a food bank assistant at St. Joseph’s Church, coordinated food drives to benefit local community members and has coordinated many meal trains for co-workers in need. In addition to her full-time job, and various volunteer duties, she is also a caregiver for her mother after having heart surgery.

Corrin has provided pro bono physical therapy services in Cusco, Peru and volunteered as a Spanish language translator for a multidisciplinary medical and surgical team for an underserved region in Guatemala.

Each facility winner, including Corrin, will be considered for Lifepoint’s 2025 companywide Mercy Award. The companywide winner will be announced this summer and honored during a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., in August.

About Trios Health: Trios Health, a UW Medicine Community Health Partner, operates a 111-bed hospital on its Southridge campus in Kennewick. Trios Medical Group serves a growing medical staff network of providers throughout the Tri-Cities and includes practices and services at 10 Care Centers and one Urgent Care Center. Our health system, established in 1952, is a sister facility to Lourdes Health in Pasco. For more information, visit us at www.TriosHealth.org or follow us on Facebook.