Posted at 9:57 a.m., Thursday, November 2, 2006
Rehab hospital gets bed for obese patients
Advertiser Staff
Friends of Hawaii Charities has given the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific $5,000 for a bariatric bed system to support obese patients.The bed will allow patients 350 to 500 pounds, or are six feet or taller, to receive inpatient rehabilitation.
The beds are wider and longer and assist therapists and nursing staff with gettng patients out of bed by placing them in full sitting position with their feet on the ground.
