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Richmond Hospital Foundation is calling on the community to support its new Trio of Life campaign.
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Richmond Hospital calls for support
Published 2:19 PDT, Thu March 24, 2022
Last Updated: 4:55 PDT, Thu March 24, 2022
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Richmond Hospital is in need of new diagnostic equipment for cardio-pulmonary and neurological conditions to ensure that disease progression is discovered in a timely manner.
The use of new equipment will help doctors make more accurate assessments before treatment plans progress and will lead to a better quality of life for patients.
With the goal of raising $500,000, Richmond Hospital Foundation is calling on the community to support its new Trio of Life campaign. The “Trio of Life” refers to the heart, lungs, and nervous system.
To launch the campaign C&O Apparel Inc. will match donations, dollar for dollar, up to $80,000.
“We wish to show our support because our employees and friends have received great care at Richmond Hospital. This equipment will benefit many people in the community,” explained C&O Apparel Inc. in a company statement. “We hope to inspire others to come together to secure this new equipment for Richmond Hospital as quickly as possible.”
The team of medical experts at Richmond Hospital relies on an important suite of specialized equipment which helps to interpret the complexities of each patient’s symptoms and plays a crucial role in assisting physicians in developing an optimal treatment plan.
Through constant use, the critical equipment has been over-worked; it is aging and in need of replacement. The out-of-date equipment means replacement of parts is difficult to source and existing software no longer integrates with modern technology.
“We want to support our medical teams with the equipment they need to care for patients throughout Richmond,” says Natalie Meixner, president and chief executive officer of Richmond Hospital Foundation. “We are delighted to thank C&O Apparel Inc. for kick-starting our Trio of Life campaign with their generous matching gift.”
Donors can make a difference today by placing the right tools and equipment in the hands of our health care teams which play an important role in ensuring community well-being.
“The unreliability of our equipment is of grave concern for our patients, for example, a patient may be outfitted with a holter monitor to measure their heart rhythms in real time. They are sent home for 24 to 48 hours to capture vital data only to return to the hospital to discover the monitor failed to record any data. Not only did we not acquire the information we needed to evaluate the heart function, the patient was seriously inconvenienced—unable to shower while wearing the monitor and may have experienced adverse reactions or skin irritation from the monitor leads,” says Richmond Hospital’s Dr. Mahasti Ebtia.
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