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Rupesh Nair (left), Mater Mackay St Luke’s Close Care Observation Unit Nurse Unit Manager and Elly Engstrom (right), Mater Mackay St Paul’s Surgical Ward Nurse Unit Manager. Photo supplied
The Mackay community was urged to dig deep and donate for Mater Giving Day yesterday, Thursday 25th June, helping to drive new and improved healthcare services for people living in Queensland’s sugar cane capital.
Last year’s Giving Day donations helped Mater to acquire seven emergency resuscitation trolleys for Mackay – housed on each ward of the hospital, allowing streamlined responses to deteriorating patients.
Mater Mackay Nurse Unit Manager Elly Engstrom, who advocated for the purchase of the equipment, said the $70,000 emergency resuscitation trolleys improved access to all resources and equipment required in emergency resuscitation and life support situations.
“Emergency trolleys are primarily designed to ensure clinicians have immediate access to all essential medical supplies and medication required in emergency scenarios, and while this equipment was already in place across our hospital, the previous trolleys had limited manoeuvrability and took up much more space in our wards,” Ms Engstrom said.
“Thanks to the generosity of our community, these new trolleys are streamlined, incredibly mobile, and have all equipment and medication set out in a way that makes it easy to access quickly when required.
“Each ward of Mater Private Hospital Mackay features one of these new trolleys to ensure that no matter where our teams are, they have everything they need close by.”
Mater Private Hospital Mackay General Manager Karen Wade said the trolleys were just some of the more than $500,000 in new equipment funded locally by Mater Foundation in the past 12 months.
“Investing in new equipment such as these emergency trolleys is just another example of the tremendous support we’re able to receive from our community through events like Giving Day,” Ms Wade said.
“We encouraged Mackay locals who themselves may have been cared for at Mater, or if their family or friends have been cared for at Mater, to consider supporting this important cause.
“If you happened to be at Mater Private Hospital Mackay on Giving Day, it was also a chance to show your gratitude to our incredible staff, who are dedicated to providing world-class healthcare to the people of our region.”
Mater Foundation Chief Executive Andrew Thomas said all donations would be tripled on Giving Day, thanks to the generosity of matching partners.
“On Mater Giving Day, your donation is tripled, which means triple the funding we can put towards care, equipment and research at our facilities like Mater Private Hospital Mackay,” he said.
“We’re hoping to raise $2 million this Giving Day, and we can’t do it without your support.” Support Mater Giving Day at www.mater.org.au/givingday.
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