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| SVH Pledges $30,000 to LifeFlight of Maine |
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| Sebasticook Valley Hospital Gives $30,000 to LifeFlight of Maine |
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On October 12th Sebasticook Valley Hospital (SVH) President and Chief Executive Officer John C. May announced that the hospital's board of directors voted on October 3rd to pledge $30,000 to the LifeFlight of Maine Foundation. May, president of the LifeFlight Foundation board, and Michael Gray, SVH board chairman and also a member of the LifeFlight Foundation board, presented LifeFlight campaign chairman John Parish and LifeFlight Foundation executive director Thomas Judge with the first of five annual payments of $6,000.
May stated, "At SVH, we understand firsthand the critical role LifeFlight plays in the rapid response to medical emergencies in this state. In 1999, our hospital was fortunate to receive the support needed to add a helipad to transport patients in our region. It has been a life-saving service to those patients requiring a critical response with transport to Eastern Maine Medical Center or to Boston for procedures such as transplants. Now, six years later, we are pleased that we can continue to financially support LifeFlight in its mission. For our patients, a trip by LifeFlight is 12 to 15 minutes by helicopter to Bangor. By ambulance, that trip would be approximately 30 - 35 minutes. Time save lives when a patient needs a higher level of care. We ask others throughout the state to join us in supporting the LifeFlight of Maine service. Whether it's a critical illness in the Sebasticook Valley or a life-threatening injury on one of Maine's remote islands, as Mainers we know we can count on LifeFlight to be there."
LifeFlight executive director Thomas Judge shared, "The LifeFlight Foundation is in the midst of a $10 million capital campaign to establish a long term fund for aircraft replacement and to continue the essential work in building support facilities such as hospital helipads and aviation support equipment such as GPS navigation, weather reporting, communication systems, which help improve the safety of all aviation. A Trauma and Critical Care Training Outreach Program using a mobile human patient simulator is also key in enabling hospital emergency department professionals and members of local emergency medical services to repeatedly practice their team skills in the treatment and handling of critically ill or injured patients. This infrastructure is necessary for the safe, efficient, and effective operation of the LifeFlight of Maine service. We are deeply grateful for this generous gift from SVH to the campaign. Gifts such as these, along with the Maine bond funding approved two years ago, will help us meet the challenges of maintaining our ability to serve the citizens of Maine when suddenly critically ill or injured."
LifeFlight of Maine is a non-profit statewide medical helicopter service with two new helicopters, one based in Bangor, the other in Lewiston. The service covers the entire state and its offshore islands. LifeFlight of Maine was developed by the two non-profit parent companies of Eastern Maine Medical Center and Central Maine Medical Center. The highly trained crews complement the work of the healthcare professionals throughout Maine. The independent LifeFlight Foundation is charity organized to support the capital infrastructure needs of a state of the art air medical system in Maine. |
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August 20, 2008
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