Congressionally directed spending for construction projects - cvhs proposed to add several pieces of equipment to outfit a new location with enhanced services for the patients being served in the…

Congressionally directed spending for construction projects - cvhs proposed to add several pieces of equipment to outfit a new location with enhanced services for the patients being served in the louisa community. The major items, in addition to small equipment purchases were 4 larger pieces of equipment. Cvhs proposed to add a back-up generator to ensure power to the site in the event of power outages, primarily due to weather events. This site will have a pharmacy on-site and will require constant refrigeration and temperature control for medications and vaccines. This will help ensure employees will not have to travel to the site on weekends or evenings in inclement weather to remove or monitor items that require temperature controls. In addition the generator will allow the facility to continue to operate to provide patient care during outages as well during business hours. Three other items relate directly to patient care. One item is a specially designed dental chair that allows patients who use a wheel chair to remain seated in their wheel chair while obtaining dental services. This means our staff or the patient's care team will not have to transfer patients and they can remain comfortably seated in their wheel chair. The the second and third large items relate to xray equipment to provide a new service to the community from cvhs . The former location did not offer xray services but the new location will be able to provide this service. The other piece of xray equipment is the panorex dental xray equipment which we offered at old location but needed to be replaced. The other items identified are HI/low exam tables which are helpful for patients who have challenges with the height of regular exam tables. IT is also safer for staff to assist these patients when the table can be lowered. These also are helpful for our pregnant patients we see at this site with our OB/GYN program. As well as other basic equipment for providing dental and medical services to the community. The new building is constructed to accommodate all of these items. No construction or renovation will be necessary to accomodate these items.