MOBILE, Alabama (Dec. 31, 2025) — USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital has received a $50,000 donation from the Poarch Creek Indians to fund two pediatric monitors for operating rooms at the hospital.

The gift, presented by Tribal Chair and CEO Stephanie Bryan, will help enhance patient safety by providing surgeons with more advanced tools to care for children who require operations and other procedures.

“Our children are our greatest gifts, and as a Tribe, we are blessed to be able to help USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital provide their medical teams with the most up-to-date technology and tools needed to care for young patients,” said Stephanie Bryan, Tribal Chair and CEO of the Poarch Creek Band of Indians. “Families across the Gulf Coast depend on this wonderful medical facility, and we are proud to support it.”

The new monitors will provide physicians and surgical teams with more enhanced imaging capabilities, supporting improved clinical outcomes and USA Health’s mission of delivering the most advanced care in the region.

Deborah Browning, MSN, R.N., CENP, chief executive officer at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, expressed her deep appreciation for the tribe’s continued support and commitment to improving healthcare for families throughout the Gulf Coast region.

“We are incredibly grateful to Stephanie Bryan and the Poarch Creek Band of Indians for their generous contribution,” Browning said. “Their support allows us to continue investing in technology that strengthens patient safety and enhances the quality of care we provide to all of our patients.”

The Poarch Creek Indians have a long-standing relationship with USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital, demonstrating their enduring commitment to the health and well-being of children and families across the region.

About USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital

USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital – part of the University of South Alabama, the Flagship of the Gulf Coast – is the only stand-alone inpatient facility in Alabama dedicated to providing the most advanced and comprehensive healthcare to the region’s children and women. Services range from the region’s only pediatric emergency center open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, staffed with specially trained emergency medicine physicians and other providers to the region’s only level III neonatal intensive care unit, small baby unit and pediatric intensive care unit, where the area’s sickest children receive the most advanced care. The highly trained staff delivers more babies annually than any other hospital in the Mobile area and includes the region’s only high-risk obstetrics program.