Electrical system in Hospital (2005)
In Santa Rosa, the electricity is out for an average of 8 hours a week. For a patient on a ventilator, or in surgery, these outages can mean the difference between life and death.
Before CAMO, many deaths occurred during power outages in the regional hospital in Santa Rosa. Consider the neonatal unit: it alone has 7 ventilators and not enough staff to cover all the lives affected by the lack of power. Or the OR: if a surgeon is performing surgery, life-saving monitors shut down and staff are unable to see.
The electrical project for CAMO was a matter of life and death.
The antiquated electrical system in the 100-year-old hospital could not run readily available equipment. The frequent outages and lives lost prompted CAMO to completely rewire this public health hospital with help from generous donations from The Noble Foundation, McClintock Electric, PRIESS and general CAMO USA funds at a cost of $240,000.
The new system, complete with generator back up, allows the hospital to provide better care to the region.
