KYABRAM Hospital has a healthy future thanks to the generous efforts of both the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and local Lions Club.
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The two have teamed up to provide important medical equipment and outdoor furniture so staff, visitors and families have a space that functions for their needs.
Two syringe pumps, valued at about $900 each, have been updated at the hospital thanks to the Lions Club’s generosity.
Kirsten Pollock, the perio-perative services coordinator, explained how they work.
“This machine helps make sure that medication is infused at a safe rate in both the operating room and on the ward,” she said.
The updated machines are lighter which makes them easier to move around the hospital, and employ the latest technology. Over time, the hospital plans to update all their similar machines in order to streamline and standardise their equipment.
“These have already been of huge benefit. Especially for our more senior patients, they are a lot easier to wheel around. We really are so grateful to the Lions Club, it’s a wonderful donation and has had a huge impact already,” Ms Pollock said.
Lions President Sandi Donaldson said it was important to the club that they are able to support facilities within the local community.
“We’re happy to be able to support our local hospital alongside the Ladies Auxiliary. It’s really important in communities like ours that people who are sick can go to a hospital close to home, and the more we can support Kyabram Health, the more people will be able to do that,” she said.
The Lions Club partnered with the Ladies Auxiliary to purchase outdoor furniture for the space outside the hospital cafe.
Margaret Chalker, the Kyabram Hospital Ladies Auxiliary president, said she hopes the comfy new coaches can comfort patients and provide a nice retreat for staff.
“It’s a really lovely courtyard and it’s nice that people will now have a really nice place outside to sit. We’ve already been told that it’s utilised every day and that this space doesn’t feel like a hospital,” she said.