SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has received a grant that will help it buy equipment for a “fast track” area in its emergency department. The grant, for $10,100, comes from the health insurer Fidelis Care New York. St. Joseph’s plans to use it to purchase a stretcher chair for examining patients with eye […]
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center has received a grant that will help it buy equipment for a “fast track” area in its emergency department.
The grant, for $10,100, comes from the health insurer Fidelis Care New York. St. Joseph’s plans to use it to purchase a stretcher chair for examining patients with eye and nasal complaints, two examination tables, reusable blood-pressure cuffs, and three handheld oximeters, which are used for measuring oxygen saturation levels and pulse rates.
The equipment is bound for the hospital’s 12-bed emergency department fast track unit. That unit operates similarly to an urgent-care center, serving patients with an array of less-serious conditions.
“We are so grateful for the ongoing support of Fidelis Care New York,” St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Vice President Margaret Martin said in a news release. “The funding it provides helps us build on our rich tradition of service to those most in need in our community.”
Nonprofit St. Joseph’s has 431 beds and serves patients from Onondaga County and 15 surrounding counties. Fidelis Care New York is a Catholic health plan based in Rego Park in New York City’s borough of Queens. It has a regional office at 5010 Campuswood Drive in DeWitt.
