(KNSI) – CentraCare and St. Cloud Community and Technical College have been given huge gifts by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to increase area ultrasound technicians and equipment.
The organizations donated $1,999,471 to CentraCare to purchase ultrasound equipment for eight facilities across the health system. The grant will provide funding to purchase 23 machines for general ultrasound, heart echocardiogram ultrasound and Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) equipment that will go to all eight of CentraCare’s non-tertiary locations in Benson, Melrose, Monticello, Long Prairie, Paynesville, Sauk Centre and Willmar. The units will go to hospital emergency rooms and clinics based on need.
“This generous grant will increase access in every corner of CentraCare’s 18-county service area, allowing our patients in rural areas to get the same state-of-the-art…
