Ivy Kuberry, Environmental Education Specialist from Oil Creek State Park, shows off a piece of gill-over-the-ground ivy during a one-mile nature walk that was hosted by the Northwest Hospital Foundation. The walk was held last week at the UPMC Northwest walking trail for staff, patients, and the community.
UPMC Northwest Hospital has established an in-hospital room that is aimed at providing respite for health care workers. “Imagine you enter a room that offers a glowing beach sunset, peaceful music, soft lighting, snacks, and the gentle hum of a massage chair lounger,” said Theresa Edder, executive director of the non-profit Northwest Hospital Foundation that
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The popular walking trail is getting an upgrade to provide better access to the walkway. The one-mile-long trail that loops around the hospital began as a mulch-covered path in 2005. It was later converted to a gravel walk and in 2017 was rededicated when it was paved. The Northwest Hospital Foundation led the effort to
UPMC Northwest is a little brighter this holiday season because of the generosity of a local couple. A quartet of 20-foot-high, lighted Christmas trees have been erected on the hospital grounds. The towering trees were funded by a donation to the non-profit Northwest Hospital Foundation. “The donors wish to remain anonymous, but they are longtime
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Franklin VFW Post #1835 recently provided a gift to the Northwest Hospital Foundation to improve the quality of life for disabled patients. “Sometimes it’s not simply a question of what’s for dinner. It’s how dinner will be eaten,” said Theresa Edder, Executive Director of the non-profit foundation that supports the UPMC Northwest Hospital. “People with
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A program called “Look Good Feel Better” (LGFB), which is designed to help cancer patients improve their self-confidence by regaining control of their appearance, is underway through the Northwest Hospital Foundation. Pandemic-related directives have changed the way the program is being offered. It was previously held at UPMC Northwest, but is now conducted live online.
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Dr. Bawab and Evan Ward UPMC Northwest Hospital is putting some of its smallest patients in the driver’s seat. Pediatric patients can now drive themselves to the operating room in miniature battery-powered cars. Most kids are stressed when it comes to operations and procedures, so the operating room staff came up with an innovative way
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It was the stench of a Grinch celebration, at UPMC Northwest Hospital’s Family Birthing Center, which on Saturday, celebrated its Eighth Annual Baby’s First Christmas Party to honor the babies born at the hospital last year. Family Birthing Center staff dressed up for the “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” theme to greet more than 70
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UPMC Northwest received a cardiac device primarily for use in the emergency room but one that can be deployed throughout the hospital. The $14,000 device, which is a gift from the Northwest Hospital Foundation, is the LUCAS 3, V 3.1 Chest Compression System (LUCAS), which aids in resuscitation of cardiac patients. “I am happy to
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Deanna Milford of Venus enjoys yoga from the comfort of her own home through a Foundation sponsored yoga program. The program is offered through the Hillman Cancer Center and is part of a very unique study offered at UPMC Northwest.
