(Photo: otoscope and ophthalmoscope, KIWA Staff Stock Photo)
Sioux City, Iowa (RI) — The neonatal intensive care unit at Sioux City’s UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospital has expanded its vision care for infants with the addition of two retinal imaging cameras. Unit Nurse Manager Abby Laws says their Optomologist Rich Walski recommended the cameras to help them diagnose, monitor and treat serious eye conditions.
Clinician Teresa Streeter says the new cameras give a much better picture of what’s happening.
They worked with the hospital foundation and local Lions clubs to get donations for the cameras and also got a 38-thousand-dollar donation from Lions International. Steve Rehmann is the past district governor of the Northwest Iowa Lions clubs and says everyone contributed to the project.
The hospital expects to use the equipment on the roughly 100 premature or medically fragile infants treated in the NICU each year who require specialized retinal and vision screening.
