Lompoc Hospital District Basis presents $100K to LVMC for affected person monitoring system
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“It’ll improve our affected person care all through the hospital,” mentioned basis trustee and hospital CEO Steve Popkin, who accepted the donation on behalf of LVMC.
The affected person monitoring system, based on hospital officers, might be used within the surgical space and can sync with the affected person monitoring tools on the affected person care ground.
“Final month we got here to life,” mentioned newly elected basis President Alice Milligan, after two years of diminished fundraising efforts amid pandemic shutdowns — together with no lectures, no actions, no annual Flower Valley Golf Traditional and no occasions.
“We sponsored a Colorthon. Greater than 300 individuals turned out and had been simply ready for us,” Milligan defined. “They had been hungry for motion. Now, we’re able to go for extra motion. We’re able to go.”
The 5K Colorthon held on the Mission Membership on Oct. 30 raised $24,000, based on basis Improvement and Finance Chairman Tyler Perry, and the hope is to proceed driving fundraising efforts.
“Seeing the quantity of donations, you may simply inform the group is aware of that it is a nice group to assist,” Perry mentioned. “I do know it’s been a quiet couple of years, however now we transfer ahead from that and perhaps this subsequent 12 months makes up for the final two.”
The inspiration’s subsequent main occasion is the Flower Valley Golf Traditional on Might 20 on the Mission Membership in Vandenberg Village, with a purpose to lift $100,000 towards the acquisition of a brand new MRI machine for Lompoc Valley Medical Heart, Milligan mentioned.
“Nothing’s going to cease this basis,” she added.
For extra details about the inspiration and methods to take part, volunteer or donate, log onto lhdfoundation.org.
Lisa André covers way of life and native information for Santa Ynez Valley Information and Lompoc File, editions of the Santa Maria Occasions.
