Wilcox Medical Center
Advanced Ultrasound Systems
Community donations contributed to the purchase of advanced ultra-
sound systems for heart care. This type of technology helps to evaluate
heart disease, particularly valve defects, masses and structural abnormali-
ties. The state-of-the-art system includes a new 3D tool that can measure
the amount of blood leaving a patient’s heart each time it contracts, as
well as calculate the overall heart function. In emergency situations, time
is critical and these new imaging systems will maintain the level of cardiac
care that the Kaua‘i community has come to expect from Wilcox.
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YOUR GIFT,
YOUR IMPACT
Your donations make a difference. Mahalo!
Pali Momi Medical Center
Beautification and Renovations
Patients, families and visitors have a comforting place to have a
quiet moment thanks to gifts to Pali Momi Medical Center's
Beautification Fund. Over the past year, funding went to renovate
Pali Momi's on-campus chapel. Artwork was added to the walls,
lighting was upgraded and the floor was restored. The chapel is
open to anyone who needs a secluded place to sit and reflect.
Pali Momi is fortunate to have the community's support for its
Beautification Fund, which is used to improve the environment of
the medical center in order to enhance health care experiences.
Kapi‘olani Medical
Center for Women
& Children
VGo Robot
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INSPIRE
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Straub
Medical Center
Hybrid Surgical Suite
The generous support of our
community helped make the
new Hybrid Surgical Suite a reality.
Straub performs an average of
6,000 inpatient and outpatient
surgical procedures each year,
2,000 of which are lifesaving heart
procedures. The new Hybrid Suite
can host both catheter-based
procedures and open heart surger-
ies, and has the potential to signifi-
cantly improve patient outcomes.
Donations to these initiatives are
truly an investment in Hawai‘i’s
future providing improved infra-
structure for the latest technology
and high-quality health care.
Kapi‘olani has a new "student" named VGo. Donations helped the medical
center purchase this new robot to help Kapi‘olani patients be active
participants in school. Soon, patients who can’t leave their room will be
able to “attend” Brain Station, a program which allows students to keep up
with their schoolwork while hospitalized. The VGo sits in for patients during
class, so the kids can see, hear, talk, raise their hand and move around
the classroom remotely by controlling VGo with a smart tablet. This robot
substitute will allow hospitalized students to socialize and be active partici-
pants in their learning. Gifts to the Kapi‘olani Radiothon for Kids helped the
medical center purchase this innovative technology to promote education
for the Child Life program.