Since 2003, your unrestricted gifts have allowed us to enhance the healing work of our physicians and staff, and we are so excited about the new possibilities your continued generosity will afford us in meeting the needs of our community. Here are a few examples of why your support has been vital, and how it will continue to be important:
· Medical Equipment – St. Tammany Health Foundation keeps our community’s hospital at the cutting edge of technology. For instance, last year – thanks to donor contributions - we funded the purchase of a new Aquablation robot, giving men with enlarged prostates a minimally-invasive procedure to improve quality of life. We are only the second hospital in the state with this technology.
· Education and Workforce Development – As the healthcare workforce evolves, STHS opened the St. Tammany Academic Center to provide nursing and allied health students with hands-on training and will provide a talented pipeline of people to provide for our health needs in the future. Not only will St. Tammany Health Foundation will be able to provide scholarships for some of these students, donor support helped to outfit this facility with the educational equipment needed for their training.
· Ambulatory Surgery Center – Set to open at the beginning of 2025, this facility will offer patients convenient access for routine surgeries, which will also help to reduce the main campus hospital’s daily census. St. Tammany Health Foundation is helping to outfit this facility with medical equipment and artwork to complement the space through our Healing Arts Initiative.
· Mobile Lung Screening Bus - Beginning in 2025, STHS will introduce a mobile lung screening bus, a proactive step in the detection of deadly lung cancer, increasing survivability of this illness.