A formal groundbreaking was Sunday for the first phase of the
$4.3 million Healing Courtyards project to create outdoor
courtyards and indoor waiting areas at Dignity Health Dominican
Hospital. The goal is to reduce stress and promote healing for
patients, their loved ones and hospital staff. (Santa Cruz
Sentinel)
The first thing that 88-year-old Lee Fitzgerald noticed when he
woke up from a surprisingly brief nonsurgical procedure to put a
new valve in his heart was that the unremitting pain of angina
that had limited his movement for the last year was gone. He
could breathe better. (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
A national organization for quality cancer care and research has
granted Dominican Hospital’s cancer program a three-year
accreditation.
Dominican’s program is among 1,400 nationwide to be accredited by
the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons.
(Santa Cruz Sentinel 6/20/11)