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Morgan E. Cline, Monmouth Medical Center Benefactor, speaks about “Ben's Place 24/7,” a newly renovated section of Monmouth Medical Center's Emergency Department, named in memory of lifelong friend, Benjamin R. D'Onofrio, after unveiling a plaque and portrait of D’Onofrio. |
LONG BRANCH, NJ, April 5, 2011 – Monmouth Medical Center Administrators and friends proudly celebrated the opening of a newly refurbished section of the hospital’s Emergency Department yesterday thanks to a very generous donation from Morgan E. Cline.
Cline, a Monmouth Medical Center benefactor whose name is synonymous with emergency care at Monmouth Medical Center, and a resident of Red Bank, made a second gift in the amount of $500,000 to fund the refurbishment of the hospital's original ER. Cline named the area, “Ben’s Place 24/7," in memory of Benjamin R. D'Onofrio - who died in 2009. Cline and D’Onofrio had made a $3 million dollar gift to the hospital back in 2007 to benefit emergency services, and in appreciation for this generous gift, the emergency department was named the Cline-D'Onofrio Emergency Services Pavilion of Monmouth Medical Center.
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(Left to Right) Frank Vozos, MD, Executive Director, Monmouth Medical Center; Karen Siciliano, Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Board Member; Catherine Hanlon, MD, Chair, Dept. of Emergency Medicine at Monmouth Medical Center; Morgan E. Cline, Benefactor for Ben's Place 24/7; Barry Ostrowski, President and Chief Operating Officer, Saint Barnabas Health Care System; and Kenneth Granet, MD, Internist, Monmouth Medical Center, gather together as the cut the ribbon to Ben's Place 24/7 named in memory of Benjamin R. D'Onofrio. |
"Thanks to another very generous donation by Morgan E. Cline, we were able to upgrade the original Emergency Department to match the Cline-D'Onofrio Emergency Services Pavilion, which was completed in November 2009," said Frank J. Vozos, MD, Executive Director of Monmouth Medical Center.
The project allows Monmouth Medical Center to meet the need for improved capabilities to observe and assess patients who present with chest pain and stroke symptoms by creating a separate observation/chest pain and stroke clinical decision-making unit for rapid assessment.
Additionally, the renovation project included new floor and ceiling tiles and ambulance entrance, as well as a new nursing station, cabinetry and counters in all treatment areas, upgraded lighting and new flat screen televisions. Another feature of the renovation project is the replacement of the existing cubicle curtain track system with the On The Right Track cubicle curtain system. The system operates without any hooks, chains or carriers and its split-ring design allow the curtains to glide silently along the rail, eliminating noisy disruptions to patients and other visitors. The curtain panels are modular, offering various levels of privacy to the patient and allowing for multiple entry points for caregivers to see the patient.
Monmouth Medical Center's emergency department handles 54,000 patient visits annually including 18,000 pediatric patients. Designated by the American Heart Association as an advanced cardiac life support provider for both adults and children, and accredited as a chest pain center by the National Chest Pain Society, the emergency department is staffed by specialty-trained physicians, nurse practitioners, emergency nurses and physician assistants who are dedicated to caring for people who require emergency medical services.
"The staff of Monmouth Medical Center’s Emergency Department, as well as the Board of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation, is extremely grateful for this generous support and a second opportunity to collaborate with Mr. Cline," says Vicky Robinson, Interim Vice President of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation. "Through Ben's Place 24/7, we honor the memory of a true philanthropist, and will always be grateful to him and to Mr. Cline for their generous support of Monmouth Medical Center."
Monmouth Medical Center consistently ranks among the top 10 hospitals in New Jersey - and among the top 10 percent of emergency departments in the nation - for patient satisfaction. Recently Monmouth was named by HealthGrades - the nation's premier independent health care quality company - as a recipient of their 2010 Emergency Medicine Excellence Award. This means that patients in need of emergency care who choose treatment at Monmouth Medical Center are being treated at one of the top 5 percent of hospitals nationwide for emergency medicine excellence.
To learn more about Emergency Services at Monmouth Medical Center, call 1-888-724-7123. For more information about the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation, please call (732) 923-6886 or visit www.monmouthfoundation.org.
April 5, 2011
CONTACT: Carrie Cristello
Director of Public Relations at
(732) 923-6552
ccristello@barnabashealth.org
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