CCH Intensive Care Unit Named in Honor of Late Harwich Resident

CCHC President and CEO Michael K. Lauf, and Mrs. Stevens’ sister, Judith Palmer of Harwich
Port, next to the naming plaque in the Cape Cod Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

HYANNIS – Cape Cod Healthcare has named the Intensive Care Unit at Cape Cod Hospital after a late Harwich resident who gave the hospital one of the largest charitable bequests in its history.

The bequest by the late Elizabeth Munroe Arnold Stevens of Harwich totaled $3.6 million and named Cape Cod Hospital, the hospital’s Davenport-Mugar Cancer Center and the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod as beneficiaries.

In honor of her gift, the Intensive Care Unit at Cape Cod Hospital has been named the “Stevens Intensive Care Unit.”

“Libby was such an inspiration, and we are honored that she remembered Cape Cod Healthcare in this way,” said Michael K. Lauf, President and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare. “We will think of her each time we walk into the hospital’s intensive care unit, and are so grateful to celebrate her life for years to come.”

Cape Cod Hospital’s 11-bed ICU, which opened in 2013, features state-of- the-art monitoring technology equipment and ample clinical space to deliver care to the most critical patients.