WOMEN’S SUPPORT
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I am humbled to know that Dominican Hospital has taken care of five generations of my family! My grandparents, my parents, myself, my children, and my grandchildren! Treatments, surgeries, deaths, births, NICU.... I was a candy striper at Dominican in the early 1970s and my daughter Cristina was a junior volunteer in the 1990s. It feels like our home away from home. Being a WoW member has educated me on the needs of our local hospital. I feel empowered being a part of this women’s giving circle which supports important health initiatives in my community.
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—Ginny Solari Mazry, WoW member
Women of Wellness Council Funds Essential Technology
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he Women of Wellness Council (WoW), led by Allison Niday, Foundation Board member and WoW Chair, continues to make a tremendous impact on the level of medical technology and services available to our community. Over the course of two years, WoW has raised more than $140,000 in funds to ensure the highest quality care for patients at Dominican Hospital.
14 | FOCUS ON WELLNESS
This past May, members voted to fund $75,000 in hospital projects. $48,495 supports the Birth Center for the purchase of five AvalonCL Wireless Fetal Monitoring Systems. The wireless fetal monitoring system will enhance the experience for laboring mothers without sacrificing the essential fetal monitoring needs required by physicians. Mothers can now move freely during labor, offering flexible birthing options. Traditional wired fetal heart rate monitoring is interrupted whenever a patient leaves the bed to use the restroom or bathe. The wireless AvalonCL system assures no disruption when a patient moves around her room and also reduces the amount of cables within the room and on the unit, for total freedom of movement during the birth experience. $17,050 supports the Pelvic Floor Clinic at Dominican’s Outpatient Rehabilitation Center. Pelvic rehabilitation is a non-surgical approach to treating chronic pelvic pain and pelvic disorders. Specialized equipment— including biofeedback and electrical stimulation machines, and weights for the program—will now provide optimal care for our patients to improve pelvic floor function. $9,455 will support a Nitrous Oxide Pain Management System for Dominican’s Emergency Department. This system will help ease the pain of patients, primarily children, undergoing painful procedures that are not adequately treated with traditional medication.
