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STRONG MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL THOMPSON HEALTH
$40,772 $121,084
• Thanks to the support of our donors, tele- • Charitable giving supported Thompson’s
neurology care has expanded to provide Healthcare Education Fund—a top initiative for
remote acute and inpatient neurological care the health system. This fund sponsors stipends
for 16 hospitals across upstate New York, for students while they are in school—allowing
allowing patients to receive Strong’s expert them to work part-time while attending school
care, while staying close to home. full-time. The stipends provide financial
• The URMC Food Pantry, continued to provide assistance for lost wages, childcare and/or
emergency food assistance to patients in need transportation, and help eliminate barriers to
through a partnership with Foodlink. The Food skilled employment for low-income individuals,
Pantry averages 34 visits per month and is now providing them with the skills necessary to lift
expanding to additional inpatient units and them out of poverty.
initiating a bedside delivery option. • Donor support helped fund equipment like
• Strong has been laying the groundwork to stretchers for the emergency department,
significantly expand emergency mental health exercise machines for cardiac patients, and
services for both pediatric and adult patients. A pulse oximeters for pulmonary patients. Funding
new Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care supported recreational opportunities for
Center, complemented by treatment from our residents in the Continuing Care Center and
Mobile Crisis Team, will address the national stocked the emergency clothing closet for those
mental health crisis and help patients get more ready for discharging, but do not have suitable
timely care. clothing.
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