{"id":286576,"date":"2018-10-12T06:08:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T20:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=286576"},"modified":"2018-10-12T06:08:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T20:08:33","slug":"chc-unveils-new-equipment-cadillac-for-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/chc-unveils-new-equipment-cadillac-for-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"CHC unveils new equipment, \u2018Cadillac for babies\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_286577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-286577\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CHC-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CHC-pix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-286577\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-286577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Ralph DLG Torres is shown one of the improved programs for the Commonwealth Health Center as Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a and Rep. Vinson Sablan (Ind-Saipan) and House vice speaker Janet Maratita (R-Saipan) look on.\u00a0(Erwin Encinares)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. unveiled yesterday several new equipment for the Commonwealth Health Center worth a total of $1.8 million, one of which is referred to as the \u201cCadillac for babies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new equipment includes four infant ventilators, seven new cardiac monitors, and several other equipment along with repairs for the radiology system, and a new maternal and fetal monitoring system software, among others.<\/p>\n<p>CHCC chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a, who showed the new hospital equipment and repairs to Gov. Ralph DLG Torres and other officials, said the hospital was long overdue for upgrades in its healthcare equipment. For this tranche, the money came from the passage of a Saipan local law.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis is a 1986 building; some of these equipment came with this building,\u201d Mu\u00f1a said. <\/p>\n<p>She referred to the infant ventilators as the \u201cCadillac for babies\u201d since the units could take over the functions that are usually provided by other equipment in the hospital and provide nurses all kinds of information in one station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is to improve patient care and create efficiency,\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026It\u2019s a great improvement, and I am excited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres, along with Rep. Vinson Sablan (Ind-Saipan), Rep. Lorenzo I. Deleon Guerrero (Ind-Saipan), and vice speaker Janet Maratita (R-Saipan), were part of a short tour of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Through the process of bidding, finally we got the equipment here,\u201d said Torres in an interview yesterday. \u201cI am very impressed and I give kudos to the CHCC CEO for keeping up to date with the things we need in the facility. \u2026Some of these equipment are state-of-the-art that even some of our neighboring islands don\u2019t have. This just shows that we are making the priorities here and what we need.<\/p>\n<p>That includes a new CT scan that is on its way to the hospital, along with training to familiarize handlers of its operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. unveiled yesterday several new equipment for the Commonwealth Health Center worth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":286577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[900],"tags":[666,92,6394,2364],"class_list":["post-286576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-chcc","tag-commonwealth-health-center","tag-ct","tag-esther-mu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}