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Two Rare Procedures Make First
Birth at Glennon a Success
ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis mother and her
newborn made history Jan. 22, at SSM
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.
Ali Davis became the first baby ever delivered
at Cardinal Glennon.
Ali was born through an EXIT procedure,
which involves partially delivering the infant
through a cesarean incision, then establishing
the baby’s airway before cutting the umbilical
cord. The procedure was performed by a team
from the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute (FCI),
a collaboration among Cardinal Glennon,
SSM St. Mary’s Health Center in Richmond
Heights, Mo., and Saint Louis University.
Ali’s mother, S’ala Davis, was originally
referred to the FCI earlier in her pregnancy
when an ultrasound revealed the baby’s lungs
were so small they were almost undetectable.
After a procedure performed at the FCI
called tracheal occlusion, the baby’s lungs
expanded and grew more rapidly.
The FCI is the only program in middle
America to offer the EXIT procedure, and
S’ala Davis and her baby Ali made history at Cardinal Glennon.
one of a handful of programs in the country
that provides tracheal occlusion.
OKLAHOMA
St. Anthony Certified As
A Healthy Business
OKLAHOMA
CITY —
St. Anthony
Hospital and
Saints Medical
Group received
the Excellence
Award as a Certified
Healthy
Business.
The award is
Pam Troup (right), executive
sponsored by the
director of operations at
Oklahoma Academy
for State from Dr. Terry Cline, Oklahoma
St. Anthony, accepts award
Goals, the Oklahoma
Turning Point Council, the State
commissioner of health.
Chamber, and the Oklahoma State Department
of Health.
WISCONSIN
Tailgate Party Celebrates
Great Scores
MADISON, Wis. — On Feb. 2, St. Mary’s
Hospital celebrated some great patient satisfaction
scores with a tailgate party. Actually,
it was three parties to cover all shifts, and
1,200 employees made it to at least one party.
Sponsored by the Patient Satisfaction Task
Force, football-shaped sugar cookies were handed
out with the patient satisfaction percentile
score for each department written in frosting
on the cookies. Non-patient departments
received a 94, the overall score for St. Mary’s.
ILLINOIS
The MEBOX Shows They Care
CENTRALIA, Il – The staff of the Little Egypt
Breast and Cervical Cancer Program wants to
make sure their patients don’t feel abandoned
after they are enrolled in Medicaid.
St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Inc.-Centralia
campus is the lead agency for the Illinois
Breast & Cervical Cancer program, and covers
21 counties in Southern Illinois. Little Egypt
provides testing, screening and diagnostic
services for women who are uninsured or
underinsured and meet specific income
criteria. Women who are diagnosed with
cancer in the program are automatically
eligible for Medicaid which then handles
their care.
“Once they are enrolled in Medicaid, we
have to let them go,” said Connie Jackson,
RN, case manager.
On their own time, the staff organized a
rummage sale that raised $500 to use for
postage to send a MEBOX to their former
clients. After work, staff members donated
30 items — socks, nail polish, lipstick, candy,
etc. — and prepared 30 MEBOXES with
these items.
Whenever a client receives her Medicaid
card, she is mailed a MEBOX with a note
signed by the individual employee who prepared
the box, saying that the women are
praying for her recovery.
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