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Wlaf1450LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- Mark Cain, CEO of Tennova La Follette Medical Center, and the more than 400 employees of Tennova La Follette Medical Center celebrate the 70th year of the hospital today, July 15, 2026. For the past 15 years, Cain has been charged with leading the La Follette Medical Center, and he counts it as a real blessing for he and the LMC staff to take care of friends and family all around.
TOP PHOTO: Here is a photo, taken on July 14, 2026, of upwards of 60 employees, out of 425, who are carrying on the legacy of those who founded the hospital in La Follette back in 1956.
“We’re so excited to be here serving the community. That’s what this organization has been all about for 70 years; taking care of the people around us,” said Cain.
Cain expresses that the recognition that the people around us just need our help is why we come to work every day excited to do that.
“This group of people, employees, we have here is really dedicated to taking care of our community, taking care of friends and family. We talk about that a lot,” said Cain.
“I don’t know how much longer I’ll get to do this, but if I can wrap up a career here, that’d be a wonderful, wonderful thing,” said Cain, who has raised his family here. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-07/15/2026-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)