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YOUR GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT
are significant factors in keeping
local healthcare at the highest
quality. Thanks to community
support over the past 111 years,
Ashtabula County Medical Center
(ACMC) has grown from its
beginning, when we had just two
wings and beds for 30 patients.
Today it is the county’s only full-
service hospital, caring for nearly
6,000 inpatients, 34,000 Emergency
Department visitors, and more than
200,000 outpatient visitors each year.
Our current annual campaign is
raising financial support to modify the
cancer care building. Modifications
include additional private exam
rooms, additional infusion chairs, and
more.
“It is important to have quality
cancer care available here in our
county,” said ACMC Healthcare
BECAUSE OF YOU
ACMC Foundation enriches community care
ARE YOU INSPIRED TO GIVE TO ACMC?
For information on donating to the ACMC Foundation, call Executive
Director Tami Netkowicz, CFRE, at 440-997-6605 or visit
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ACMC President and CEO Michael Habowski (right) and ACMC Board of Directors Chairwoman Susan Stocker, PhD, dean of
Kent State University–Ashtabula, (left) accept a $100,000 check from Ohio Development Services Agency, Governor’s Office of
Appalachia Director Jason Wilson. Also present for the presentation were ( from left) Ashtabula County Commissioners Dan
Claypool, Casey Koslowski and Peg Carlo, who also serves on the ACMC Board of Directors.
System President and CEOMichael
Habowski. “Patients undergoing
chemotherapy should not have to
face the added burden of traveling to
receive their treatment. The renovated
space will allow us to serve more
patients, right here at home.”
Donors to the project have included
a variety of individuals and groups,
including the hospital and Foundation
boards, physicians, employees, area
businesses, and local residents, as well
as several grants.
The ACMC Foundation continues to
fund other projects as well, such as the
ACMC Academy and stuffed dogs for
children who visit ACMC’s Emergency
Department and outpatient labs.
Here are a few other ways ACMC
Foundation has provided equipment
and support for improving healthcare
at ACMC:
➜ ➜ We’ve donated more than $375,000
for newmedical equipment for the
Anesthesiology, Orthopaedic Surgery,
Urology, Endoscopy, Cardiac Services
and Laboratory departments.
➜ ➜ We funded the LIFENET System,
which connects emergency medical
services crews with ACMC physicians
so that patients experiencing heart
attacks receive faster diagnosis and
treatment. This enables our caregivers
to reduce time-to-treatment, which
improves clinical outcomes and saves
lives throughout Ashtabula County.
➜ ➜ We helped fund the Cleveland Clinic
Cardiac Catheterization Lab at ACMC,
a state-of-the-art facility that brings
world-class diagnostic technology to
patients in their own community.
➜ ➜ We funded isolettes (incubators
for newborns) that help control
humidity and temperature and supply
a continuous flow of oxygen when
needed.
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