November 6, 2024

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Foundation named for Laurie Melchionda donates medical equipment

Foundation named for Laurie Melchionda donates medical equipment

BRAINTREE − Defibrillators for city structures and products for the nurse’s office environment at the new South Center College will be donated to the city by a foundation commenced in memory of a slain member of the board of wellbeing who was a longtime university nurse.

The $15,000 donated to pay out for the nurse’s business office furnishings and 5 defibrillators for town and school buildings is from the Laurie Melchionda Foundation. The city council voted unanimously to accept them at Tuesday night’s assembly.

Foundation named for Laurie Melchionda donates medical equipment

Melchionda was a nurse at Boston Kid’s Medical center for 35 yrs and a nurse in the Braintree educational institutions for 25 many years in advance of leaving to develop into the director of nursing for the Weston educational institutions. She was shot and killed at her Howie Highway household in June 2020. The man billed with the criminal offense is a former neighbor who posed as a supply driver.