Casitas Springs, CA

Two local hospitals and one clinic will benefit from donations, enabling them to offer better health care services to our communities.

St. John's Healthcare Foundation has raised enough money ($500,000) to donate new mammography equipment to the St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital, located in Camarillo.

The new digital equipment provides clearer and more precise images resulting in earlier detection of breast cancer. Digital imaging allows radiologists to view the images on high resolution computers. They are also able to "zoom in" on any masses detected.

In addition to precision, the new equipment also performs at a much faster speed, which means twice as many women can be served than in the past.

Early breast cancer detection can mean more women will be successfully treated. To schedule an appointment please call 389-5655.

The Santa Paula Hospital will be receiving several new pieces of equipment for its surgical unit, emergency room and patient services. The funds for the new equipment are being donated by the Kirk Douglas Foundation, the Santa Clara Valley Wellness Foundation and the Pueblo Radiology Group. The equipment will include new gurneys, chairs that will convert to stretchers, a cardiac monitoring unit, a unit to screen patient's hearing, a video gastroscope , and a sterilizer for the surgery department.

Fillmore Clinic will also benefit from the donations by the Kirk Douglas Foundation, the Santa Clara Valley Wellness Foundation and the Pueblo Radiology Group when it receives it's new X-ray machine in February.

Thank you to all those who made these improvements possible with the your contributions and your time.

Dave and Pat