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Shown at the ribbon cutting for the new dialysis unit at Kennedy-Washington Township are, from left, front row: Senior VP & Chief Physician Executive Dr. Carman Ciervo; Senior VP of Hospital Operations Jill Ostrem; Kennedy - Washington Township Chief Nursing Officer Alice Farrell; Kennedy University Hospital Board Trustees Robert DiStanislao and Thomas J. Gallia; Medical Director of Renal Services Dr. Joseph Pitone; Corporate Director of Renal Services Yvonne Berwick; Acute Dialysis Nurse Manager Janice Boyle; Nurse Karen McWilliams, RN; and Patient Care Tech Bridget Truempy. Back row: Kennedy - Washington Township Chief Administrative Officer James Mullen; Senior VP of Technology & Program Services Thomas Balcavage, and Daniel Ellwanger, RN.
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WASHINGTON TWP. -- A ribbon cutting and open house was held Aug. 25 for the new $1.1 million inpatient Dialysis Unit at Kennedy University Hospital in Washington Township.
This new patient care unit provides treatments for any hospitalized patients who require hemodialysis.
The inpatient Dialysis Unit features five patient stations with new Fresenius 2008T(r)hemodialysis machines, as well as a portable treatment machine for hospital patients unable to be transported to the unit.
This item submitted by Nicole Pensiero, Kennedy Health.