An IUP graduate will be donating 1 Million Dollars to create a new school of osteopathic medicine, following care his mother received at a McKean County Hospital.
According to CBS News Pittsburgh, 1983 IUP Alumnus Richard Caruso announced during the IUP Distinguished Alumni Awards that he would be making the donation in hopes that the school will create a new generation of doctors who will seek employment in rural areas, like McKean County.
Caruso says he found the need after his 101 year old mother was hospitalized at an unnamed McKean County Hospital last fall for a painful nerve issue. Caruso shared that during the 2 weeks that she was in the hospital she never saw a live doctor. While the staff of nurses and hospital employees were wonderful and helped her through the process, she only met with doctors via telemedicine.
Plans for the new school are underway at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the search is on for a founding Dean.
