Imagine being taken to a hospital by ambulance and then realizing you have no way to get back to your home after being treated. For some area patients, the situation is real.
That’s why the Tomah Health Community Foundation has donated one-thousand dollars to help fund the Lend a Hand program at Tomah Health which hospital Risk, Compliance and Patient Experience Director Shelly Egstad says is a lifesaver.
The Lend a Hand program at Tomah Health was started in 2018 when hospital officials recognized a growing need to assist those who had no resources.
Before the program, Egstad said hospital staff used their own money to help needy patients.
It’s the fourth year the foundation has supported the program. This past year more than one hundred-twenty patients treated at Tomah Health needed some type of additional help.
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