Members of the various TWIG volunteer organizations, standing, from left, Ed Bell, TWIG III; Marsha Clark, TWIG V; Carol McWilliams, TWIG VII; Nan Budman, TWIG Council, and Bob Handley, TWIG VI. Seated, from left, are Mary Martin, TWIG I; Barb Greetham, TWIG II, and Deb Cooper, TWIG IV.
OhioHealth Marion General Hospital recently added a new service to its Heart & Vascular capabilities when a Medtronic CryoConsole Cardiac Ablation System was purchased. Marion General Hospital’s TWIG volunteer organizations joined together to donate $100,000 toward the purchase of this equipment.
“This is a very important tool in the cardiac electrophysiologist’s ablation toolbox,” says Dr. Ken Lee, electrophysiologist with OhioHealth Heart & Vascular Physicians, and an ablation expert at Marion General. “Cryoablation technology provides me with tremendous flexibility in the management of complex abnormal heart rhythms and allows patients to stay in Marion when they need this type of care.”
Catheter ablation has become a very important option in the management of patients with heart rhythm disturbances and, since the early 1980s, has been used by cardiac electrophysiologists around the world to cure patients of various arrhythmias. There is clear evidence supporting that cryoablation is more effective and safer than traditional radiofrequency ablation in the management of certain arrhythmias.
“There are approximately 130 volunteers contributing over 10,000 hours of generously donated time each year to these fundraising efforts,” says Beth Meadows, manager of Volunteer Services. “With the generosity of these very special people, we are able to provide our Marion General patients with some very valuable services and equipment, such as the treatment of heart arrhythmias with the CryoConsole.”
Marion General Hospital has many volunteer TWIG (Together We Inspire Giving) groups that have supported the work and mission of Marion General Hospital since 1928 through their many fundraisers taking place throughout the year. These fundraisers range from book sales and uniform sales to Cupcake Wars and the Remembrance Tree project, and include the operation of two full-time gift shops (one at Marion General and the other at the OhioHealth Marion Medical Campus).
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