FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

CONTACT: Theresa Mulkins, Director of Public Relations
OFFICE: (845) 483-6418
MOBILE: (845) 416-0377
tmulkins@health-quest.org

Poughkeepsie, NY - June 4, 2010- As a regional referral center with the Hudson Valley's only high-risk pregnancy center and Level 3 Neonatal ICU, Vassar Brothers Maternity Department needs to be prepared for almost any scenario. That is why the hospital invested more than $50,000 recently to obtain Noelle®, a state-of-the-art robot to help prepare the staff for complicated delivers. To read more about how this helps Vassar Brothers high-skilled nurses further their communication and preparedness red the article in the June 2010 issue of Nursing Spectrum.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center is a 365-bed facility that has been serving New York's Mid-Hudson Valley since 1887. Located on the banks of the Hudson River, Vassar Brothers has established centers of excellence in cardiac services, cancer care and women and children's health services. As a regional medical center, Vassar Brothers houses the area's first and only cardiothoracic surgery center between Westchester and Albany and delivers more babies than any other hospital between Manhattan and Montreal.

Vassar Brothers is an affiliate of the Health Quest hospital system, which also includes Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck and Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel.

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