OSF St. Joseph Auxiliary donates $40,000 to hospital

Posted on February 5, 2015

OSF St. Joseph is in the process of constructing a new hybrid operating room. (WJBC file photo)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – A large donation from the OSF St. Joseph Auxiliary to the medical center will assist with the construction of a new hybrid operating room.

Auxiliary president Joanne DeRoeck said the gift is for $40,000.

"As a family member, you have a loved one who is going into surgery, you have to now say goodbye to them in the middle of a corridor," said DeRoeck. "In this new situation the family is going to be able to stay right with that patient until they go into surgery."

Additionally, the new operating room will allow for diagnostic and surgical procedures simultaneously, benefit patients by reducing both recovery time and risk of infection, and decrease their length of stay.

DeRoeck said the Auxiliary assists the medical center in promoting the health of the community through public relations and fundraising.

"A lot of this was raised from bake sale money. So it's a lot of cookies we sold to get this money," DeRoeck said.

About $13,000 of the donation came from the OSF St. Joseph gift shop close out sale.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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