2010 Capital Campaign Press Conference Twitter Coverage Transcript

"Investing in a New Generation of Care"

The following is a transcript of our "Twitter" feed during live coverage of our Press Conference for our 2010 Capital Campaign.

April 15th, 2010 - 1:30 - 2:30 pm

1:23 pm HunterdonHealth: Capital Campaign Press Conference scheduled to begin in 10 minutes. #hmcpc
1:35 pm HunterdonHealth: Press Conference to kick off the 2010 Capital Campaign for Hunterdon Healthcare "investing in a new generation of care" is beginning #hmcpc
1:35 pm HunterdonHealth: Jim Griffith, chairman of the board of trustees of Hunterdon Healthcare System is welcoming guests. #hmcpc
1:36 pm HunterdonHealth: Before July 3, 1953, Hunterdon was the only county in New Jersey without a hospital. #hmcpc
1:36 pm HunterdonHealth: "Build our county a hospital" In 1946 an investigating committee was formed - headed by Lloyd B. Wescott #hmcpc
1:37 pm HunterdonHealth: April 1948 - Corporation to run Hunterdon Medical Center was established. #hmcpc
1:37 pm HunterdonHealth: May 4, 1949 marked the beginning of a campaign to build the hospital - Campaign committee worked with volunteers #hmcpc
1:38 pm HunterdonHealth: When the hospital opened its doors, it was ready to serve a population of 38,000 #hmcpc
1:38 pm HunterdonHealth: Population now almost 130,000 & Hunterdon Healthcare serves patients from Warren, Somerset, Mercer, and parts of PA as well #hmcpc
1:39 pm HunterdonHealth: Jim Griffith introduces Bob Wise, President and CEO of Hunterdon Healthcare #hmcpc
1:40 pm HunterdonHealth: 8 specialists and 27 family practice physicians when Hunterdon Medical Center first opened #hmcpc
1:40 pm HunterdonHealth: Today Hunterdon Medical Center has over 200 specialists and nearly 100 family practice physicians #hmcpc
1:41 pm HunterdonHealth: Largest Capital Campaign to date - Investing in a New Generation of Care - already raised 9 of $15mil goal #hmcpc
1:42 pm HunterdonHealth: 1st investment of campaign - expansion of Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center's new oncology wing http://bit.ly/cNsmdK #hmcpc
1:42 pm HunterdonHealth: Next priority - renovation and expansion of surgical suite - construction begins this fall #hmcpc
1:43 pm HunterdonHealth: Third project - centralization of acute cardiovascular care services - construction above existing 3W wing - 2012 #hmcpc
1:43 pm gambrill: Nice job with the Twitter press conference. Got my attention. #hmcpc
1:48 pm HunterdonHealth: Dr. John Baumann is giving an overview of the radiation oncology wing #hmcpc
1:48 pm HunterdonHealth: Varian Trilogy Linear Accelerator - the most powerful, precise and versatile system for treating cancer #hmcpc
1:49 pm HunterdonHealth: Dr. Michael Pollack is giving an overview of surgical expansion #hmcpc
1:52 pm HunterdonHealth: Thanks for the feedback @gambrill #hmcpc
1:53 pm HunterdonHealth: 2 new state-of-the-art operating rooms, new family waiting room, and pre-op patient area #hmcpc
1:54 pm maggieverhalen: RT @gambrill: Nice job with the Twitter press conference. Got my attention. #hmcpc
1:56 pm HunterdonHealth: Bob Wise thanks the leadership of the Hunterdon Medical Center Foundation #hmcpc
1:57 pm HunterdonHealth: Dr. Andrey Espinoza is giving an overview of cardiac expansion #hmcpc
2:00 pm HunterdonHealth: HMC first medical center in New Jersey to perform carotid artery stenting #hmcpc
2:02 pm cookappeal: RT @HunterdonHealth: HMC first medical center in New Jersey to perform carotid artery stenting #hmcpc
2:02 pm PIWC2: RT @HunterdonHealth: HMC first medical center in New Jersey to perform carotid artery stenting #hmcpc
2:03 pm HunterdonHealth: Door to balloon time at HMC - 64 minutes - tops in NJ - Dr. Espinosa #hmcpc
2:04 pm HunterdonHealth: New catheterization labs, cardiovascular critical care unit and beginning of HMC's transformation to all private rooms #hmcpc
2:04 pm HunterdonHealth: Thanks @cookappeal and @PIWC2 #hmcpc
2:05 pm HunterdonHealth: Introdution of Kate Hartford, Chairperson for Investing in a New Generation of Care Capital Campaign #hmcpc
2:08 pm HunterdonHealth: Kate Hartford asks for $6 million from the community. #hmcpc
2:10 pm HunterdonHealth: Bob Smith speaking on behalf of Senator Doherty #hmcpc
2:15 pm HunterdonHealth: Hunterdon Freeholder Holt speaking to the relevance of the Capital Campaign #hmcpc
2:16 pm HunterdonHealth: To celebrate 60th anniv. a time capsule in an operating room wall, opening 7/3, 2053 - seeking ideas for items! #hmcpc
2:19 pm HunterdonHealth: First item in the time capsule is our Magnet award pin http://bit.ly/cMDH9g #hmcpc
2:19 pm HunterdonHealth: For more information call Kathleen Seelig, Director of Public Relations for Hunterdon Healthcare, at 908-788-6515 #hmcpc
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