Enstrom: Pink helicopters coming to Flight For Life

As of August 2024, St. Anthony’s Hospital is managed by CommonSpirit Health instead of Centura Health. Rick Enstrom, Lakewood resident and Board Trustee for St. Anthony’s, was on the Jeff and Bill Show, to talk about one major change Lakewood residents will notice. The color of the Flight for Life helicopters will be changed from the iconic orange to pink.

The color change is an expensive proposition for the health care industry. Enstrom says, “Right now, hospitals in Colorado, across the board, to a fault, are in financial difficulty. … If that’s a priority for this health care system, to spend a couple million bucks to repaint six helicopters, when we have all these needs and all of this growth in Colorado, is a travesty.”

Listen to the whole show on 710 KNUS on 3/21/25, 9 am, starting around 12 minute mark.

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Photo credit from CommonSpirit