GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION FOR BETTER HEALTH

THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION IS THE VOICE OF PHILANTHROPY FOR GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. WE INCREASE AWARENESS, CREATE GOOD WILL AND RAISE FUNDS TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE BON SECOURS CHARITY HEALTH SYSTEM - TO GIVE GOOD HELP TO THOSE IN NEED. A FEW OF THE MANY WAYS THAT WE'VE HELPED BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CARE TO OUR COMMUNITY: FACILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS: -PATIENTS THAT REQUIRE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE RECEIVE EXPERT ATTENTION IN OUR NEWLY EXPANDED AND RENOVATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS PARTIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION FOR BETTER HEALTH. HERE, CLINICIANS PROVIDE CARE USING "STATE-OF-THE-ART" EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY. -MOMS, DADS AND SIBLINGS BOND WITH NEWBORNS IN OUR NEW FAMILY UNIT. THE UNIT ALSO INCLUDES SPECIALLY DESIGNED PEDIATRIC AREAS FOR CHILDREN NEEDING IN-PATIENT CARE. -PATIENTS RECEIVE SAME DAY DIAGNOSTIC AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN THE NEW AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER AT GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL. THE CENTER FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART OPERATING SUITES AND ADVANCED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. NEW EQUIPMENT AND STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY: -UPGRADES TO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB PREVENT PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC RHYTHM ABNORMALITIES FROM EXPERIENCING CARDIAC CRISES BY MAPPING, DETECTING AND TREATING EVEN THE MOST COMPLICATED CASES. -OUR DA VINCI ADVANCED SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM ALLOWS PHYSICIANS TO PERFORM MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES. -THE 128-SLICE CT SCAN ALLOWS CLINICIANS TO VIEW HIGH-DEFINITION IMAGES WHILE PATIENTS RECEIVE LOW-DOSE RADIATION. -NEW MRI EQUIPMENT IS WIDER THAN THE STANDARD PROVIDING PATIENTS GREATER COMFORT AND LESS CONFINEMENT THAN STANDARD EQUIPMENT. PROGRAMS: THE BOBBI LEWIS CANCER PROGRAM PROVIDES PERSONALIZED, COMPASSIONATE, STATE-OF-THE-ART ONCOLOGY CARE. COMMUNITY-WIDE SUPPORT MAKES EXPANDING AND UPGRADING GOOD SAMARITAN'S CANCER SERVICES POSSIBLE. FUNDRAISING: WE RAISE FUNDS SO CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN COUNT ON STATE-OF-THE-ART CARE WHEN THEY COME TO GOOD SAMARITAN. THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS INCLUDING BOARD MEMBERS, VENDORS, PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES, RESIDENTS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. THE FOUNDATION HOSTS THREE SIGNATURE EVENTS DURING THE YEAR, THE SPRING BALL, WHICH BOASTS A SELL OUT CROWD TO CELEBRATE TWO DESERVING HONOREES - ONE FROM COMMUNITY AND ONE FROM THE MEDICAL STAFF; THE GOLF & PICKLEBALL INVITATIONAL, WHICH HAS BEEN A TRADITION FOR OVER 35 YEARS; AND GIRLS' NIGHT OUT, FEATURING A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR FASHION SHOW TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND INSPIRE PREVENTATIVE CARE AND ALSO CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY OF THE WOMEN IN ATTENDANCE WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN OR HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER.