Board of Trustees Visits USA Children's & Women's Hospital

Members of the University of South Alabama Board of Trustees visited the USA Children's & Women's Hospital this week. The tour included visits to the USS Hope and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Dr. Felicia Wilson (center), associate professor of pediatrics at the USA College of Medicine, gives a tour of the USS Hope, a cancer and sickle cell treatment center that uses "distraction therapy" to give young patients the feeling of traveling in a submarine during their visit. It is the only facility of its kind in the region. The USS Hope features bright and cheerful colors, comfortable seating, televisions/computers, and exotic fish tanks to help relieve patient and family anxieties. Also pictured, from left: Owen Bailey, Children's & Women's Hospital Administrator; John Peek, Board of Trustees member; and Kenneth O. Simon, Board of Trustees member.