Kosair for Kids grants $2.5 million to Med Center Health for the Womb to World Infant/Child Safety Program
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Amid the opening of their High Street Tower, Med Center Health has received a grant aimed at providing better care for children in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Med Center Health will receive a $2.5 million grant from Kosair for Kids for their Womb to World Infant/Child Safety Program. This grant is the largest grant Kosair for Kids provided this year.
Kosair for Kids, a group under Shriners, works to help children and their families who are experiencing severe medical situations, making a major investment into patients who require immediate care in south-central Kentucky.
“Well, for south-central Kentucky, this really is a game changer,” said David Gray, executive vice president for Med Center Health. “This coincides with, as we’re celebrating our 100th anniversary and the opening of High Street Tower, which is where our mother baby services are located at. This is going to allow us to make investments in a variety of different types of technology to really advance the care that’s available, especially within the neonatal intensive care units.”
With this $2.5 million, Med Center will invest in more advanced medical technology and equipment and provide educational opportunities and training simulators covering possible situations doctors and nurses in the NICU could experience.
“We don’t want a nurse or a doctor to have their first experience with some complicated procedure on a real live newborn,” said Barry Dunn, President and CEO of Kosair for Kids. “We want them to have the training they need ahead of time. And so this grant builds in a lot of money for training purposes to make sure everybody’s ready for whatever comes to them.”
The Womb to World Infant/Child Safety Program will also provide comprehensive care for children who are suspected of being abused and will work toward neglect prevention as well.
The 2.5 million will be distributed to the hospital over the next four years.
