Elena Griffing has worked at the same hospital for 71 years with no signs of slowing down
Elena Griffing has worked at the same hospital for 71 years with no signs of slowing down

For more than 70 years, Elena Griffing has been strutting down the halls of the Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in her kitten heels, tending to patients and fellow colleagues.

Her vibrant sense of humour and dedication to patients has made the 91-year-old a hospital fixture.

But Elena has no plans on slowing down!