Priority Equipment Needs

Government funding alone can’t meet the hospital’s equipment needs. But with the help of friends like you, we can purchase essential equipment and continue to give you and your loved ones access to the highest quality healthcare services – right here in your community.

Each year, the OTMH Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) identifies new and/or replacement equipment so that our community can have access to the best healthcare services possible. Our annual equipment list includes vital medical equipment we need to buy. It covers every department. And it affects the lives of the patients we proudly serve, because up-to-date equipment is essential to offering excellent patient care.

The vital equipment on this year’s priority list includes:

Anesthetic Gas Machine

$133,687

This vital piece of equipment delivers an accurate and continuous supply of medical gases to surgery patients. OTMH needs to replace the current machine.

Ophthalmology laser

$151,831

Laser technology is an integral part of caring for the patients requiring retinal surgery

IV Venous Access Machine

$43,817

This machine will improve accuracy and viability of intravenous sitting and improve patient comfort and safety. It will reduce the number of unsuccessful attempts and reduce opportunity for infection and enable more expedient delivery of intravenous medication. This machine will be used by all inpatient units in the Medical Program and will be used multiple times per day.

Multi-Headed Teaching Microscope

$40,760

Sometimes getting a second opinion saves a life. This microscope allows eight pathologists or medical students to examine the same slide at the same time. It helps our patients by speeding up the time it takes our doctors, interns and resident physicians to render a diagnosis, and helps to make that diagnosis more accurate. Our patients will get treated much faster, and will begin healing much sooner.

MRI CAD Software Program

$61, 140

The key to surviving breast cancer is early detection. This software will help our radiologists display images from our MRI machine at any angle, so they’ll discover suspicious areas of tumors or abnormal breast tissue much sooner. The state-of-the-art graphics will also help our surgeons with radiation treatment.

Bone Mineral Density Machine

$117,185

This machine uses advanced x-ray technology to measure bone loss. We’ll use it to detect osteoporosis, as well as track the effects of treatment for osteoporosis and other conditions that cause bone loss and increase the risk for developing fractures. With osteoporosis, there are no symptoms in the early stages. This machine makes early detection and treatment possible.