Community Hospital of San Bernardino Receives 200000 Grant

By: Elizabeth Moran

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Elizabeth Moran

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A $200,000 grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians supports the purchase of critical equipment for the Community Hospital of San Bernardino. Demonstrating a visualization system above is (left-right) Elizabeth Salazar-Cazales, RN, J. Robert Evans, MD, and Ma Rosa Deguia, RN. Visualization equipment offers physicians high quality and minimally invasive optical viewing of the gastrointestinal system.
The Community Hospital of San Bernardino Foundation received a grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians towards the purchase of critical hospital equipment. The $200,000 donation will support the purchase of a SpyGlass Direct Visualization System, an Omnicell Medication Management System, a video camera and tower used for minimally invasive surgery and surgical operating tables. “San Manuel is a generous supporter of Community Hospital,” said June Collison, president, Community Hospital San Bernardino. “We deeply appreciate their investment in our efforts to continue to provide an exceptional standard of care to the communities we serve.” The SpyGlass Direct Visualization System will offer physicians high-quality and minimally invasive optical viewing of the gastrointestinal system. Hospital patients will also benefit from a streamlined medication administration process and a secure and quick transportation of medications from the automated dispensing cabinet to the patient’s bedside. Additionally, the Tribe’s donation supports a video tower that provides live images via a camera system to the surgeon from inside the operative area in the abdomen. “Community Hospital is critical to our health care network in the region,” said Carla Rodriguez, chairperson of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. “This new technology will enable the hospital to continue its efforts of providing quality services to citizens in the area.”