Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon provides $277,236 in community benefits to the Allamakee and northern Clayton counties according to a recently completed assessment of those programs and services.  That amount, based on 2011 figures, includes $263,114 in uncompensated care and $14,122 in free or discounted community benefits that Veterans Memorial Hospital specifically implemented to help area residents.

The staff of Veterans Memorial Hospital pledged over $15,000 this last year to the VMH Health Care Foundation’s annual appeal campaign.  The total raised in personal staff contributions was used to purchase equipment and furnishings identified by the staff that is needed in the hospital to better serve the community.

Many of the funds raised this last year were used to purchase two new, modern looking baby cribs for use for infants and toddlers who are admitted as patients in the hospital.  The cribs are more user friendly which benefits not only the staff, but also the parents and families of the children.  Pictured with one of the cribs, from left to right, is Culture Committee members Edna Wyninger, Carolyn Homewood, Ann Fossum, Denise Wullner, Dietsy Weymiller and Renee Stokman.

The Veterans Memorial Hospital Housekeeping Department is available to assist individuals in the area communities with their Spring Cleaning of laundering large items. Their huge, industrial sized washers and dryers can easily launder large items safely such as bedspreads, sleeping bags, and throw rugs.