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is the simple things that catch me by surprise, like the man whose wife had a simple kidney infection,
but started crying because he realized he was going to be alone for the first time in 60 years. Or by a
Christmas card from the woman I treated for meningitis that said “I am able to write this letter and
spend Christmas with our family thanks to you and the staff at the hospital.”
Giraffe
NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) OmniBed
Under construction is a remodel and expansion of the NICU that will include 20 private rooms
equipped with the state-of-the-art NICU technology, including Giraffe OmniBeds, and new nursing
stations featuring the latest in communications equipment. The new design and intimate setting Giraffe OmniBed is a
encourages parent involvement – offering comfort, conveniences, and privacy so that parents can spend
as much time as possible with the baby. Pull-out couches, bathrooms with showers, and breast pumps top-of-the line isolette,
are available in the rooms. Access to a family lounge with kitchenette and computer, makes it easier for designed to create an
parents to spend the night. environment as close as
possible to the mother’s
LABOR, DELIVERY, AND RECOVERY
The remodel and expansion of the Labor, Delivery and Recovery area, when completed in 2018, womb. Your investment
will feature 4 new private suites with modern birthing beds, a couch for dad, and bathrooms with in St. John’s Healthcare
showers or bathtubs. The remodel will create a New Women's Center Entrance for mothers in labor Foundation made
with 2 private OB triage areas, and a special Women’s Center Waiting Room.
possible the purchase

of an additional Giraffe
OmniBed this year.

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