On the Cutter Edge
DID YOU KNOW that more
than 6,200 babies are born at
Kapi’olani Medical Center for
Women & Children every year? As
Hawai‘i’s most popular delivery
destination, Kapi‘olani’s labor and
delivery nurses are always busy
caring for the medical center’s
youngest patients and their moms.
One of the nurses in the Family Birth
Center, Pauline Cutter, goes beyond
treating the patients — she’s helping
to fund the care they receive.
Pauline joined Kapi‘olani in
October 2008. She works closely
with the staff to assess needs for
the unit and then works with her
husband’s family company, Cutter
Automotive Galleries, to find a way
to fulfill them.
the mothers and children in our
community,” Pauline said. “It’s
a special place; my husband
and I delivered our three boys
there and never considered
going elsewhere.”
The gifts Pauline helped secure
have paid for equipment,
including fetal monitors, and
benefited the medical center’s
antepartum and bereavement
programs. Fetal monitors provide
critical observations of a baby’s
heart rate to help ensure safe
delivery of high-risk pregnancies.
The antepartum program allows
high-risk moms-to-be and their
babies to be closely monitored
in a comfortable, nurturing
environment. The bereavement
program provides support and
guidance to parents and family
members dealing with the loss of
a child.
“I wanted to ensure the donation
would be utilized to its fullest
potential,” Pauline said. “The
antepartum program provides a
relaxing and fun social outlet for
our mothers who are high risk and
are required to stay in the
hospital until delivery. They form
bonds at the tea socials and even
learn how to crochet. Equally
important is the necessity of a
bereavement program for moms
and families who are grieving.”
Pauline and Cutter Automotive
Galleries have been donating to
Kapi‘olani since 2014.
“Our family is passionate about the
care that Kapi’olani provides for
The Cutter family celebrating their new Volvo
location in Honolulu with a blessing from Reverend
Akaka in 2019.
Pauline showing the antepartum
program activities available to expecting
mothers who are staying at Kapi'olani.
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