34th Annual Valentine Ball

The Beaufort Memorial Hospital Foundation’s 34th annual Valentine Ball was held February 11 at Tabby Place.

More than 400 guests, many of whom had attended pre-ball dinner parties, enjoyed dessert, dancing and a silent auction while helping the Foundation raise more than $200,000 toward a dynamic workforce development program that will include a stateof-the-art, on-campus education center and a freestanding daycare center at Beaufort Memorial.

“This year’s event marked a new fundraising focus that is critical to the hospital’s future,” BMH Foundation Associate Vice President and Chief Development Officer Kim Yawn said. “We’re committed to investing in our employees’ long-term growth and success, as well as training new generations of health care providers to meet the growing needs of the community,” orders and is preferred for brain and spinal cord imaging due to the soft tissue detail.

First hosted in 1990, the Valentine Ball has raised almost $6 million for new technology, services and facility improvements for Beaufort Memorial and its patients over the past 33 years.

500,000!

“A relaxed patient is key in MRI. This new scanner has a larger bore to help with claustrophobia and accommodate larger patients.

It also features a sound system that allows patients to listen to their favorite music,” said Robert Butch-

From staff reports er, RT(R) (MR), Beaufort Memorial MRI manager. “Those comforts combined with the unit’s faster scanning and noise reduction create a better patient experience, while providing the most advanced high-resolution imaging.”

For more information about imaging services at Beaufort Memorial, visit BeaufortMemorial.org

The Beaufort Memorial Pratt Emergency Center team marked a milestone last week with the 500,000th patient visit since the opening of the new ER just longer than 10 years ago. The milestone comes as Beaufort Memorial prepares to invest approximately $750,000 in improvements to the Emergency Department. The project includes the addition of a psychiatricsafe evaluation unit inside the ER to help manage the needs of at-risk patients. Learn about emergency care the hospital by visiting BeaufortMemorial.org/Emergency. Photo courtesy of Beaufort Memorial Hospital