Winneshiek Medical Center announces gifts to its Annual Fund will pay for a new fetal heart monitoring system

Family Medicine and Obstetric physicians Janet Ryan from Gundersen Health System and Sarah Wymer from Mayo Clinic Health System provide medical leadership to the Obstetrics unit at Winneshiek Medical Center. They are pictured with patient Jenny Schrandt holding MacKenna

The Winneshiek Medical Center Foundation has announced gifts to the 2017 Annual Fund will support a new fetal heart monitoring system for the WMC Obstetrics department. The new equipment costs $97,000.

The new equipment will allow Mayo Clinic Health System and Gundersen Health System medical staff fingertip access to a baby's heartbeat, every movement, and all the details of the mother's labor.  Obstetric care teams will have enhanced communication and direct access to critical health information to make informed in-the-moment decisions.