Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-215

EDU 215

Health Care Worker Training Equipment

Messrs. Eldridge and Cronin moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 7509-0100, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Mount Wachusetts Community College to purchase necessary equipment to train students in healthcare programs including ultrasound machines and an updated Intravenous pump, and ISimulate to provide simulated cardiovascular field interventions educational technology to meet additional skill expectations of Paramedics in the region; cardiac stress testing system, Integrated Diagnostic System, Manual Audiometer, Spirometer machine, holter monitor and Catheterization Simulator, to meet the training needs of Medical Assistant students; an updated hospital bed for training Physical Therapist Assistant students; and purchase of an assessment system to track learning outcomes in these programs”; and by striking out the figure “$16,567,137” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “$16,617,137”