Staff Sgt. John Girtman is deployed overseas with the U.S. Air Force, but was still able to see his newborn son at Orem, Utah-based Timpanogos Regional Hospital thanks to webcams in the NICU bay, according to ABC News.
Cameras were implemented in each of the hospital's 24 NICU bays in 2017 thanks to a grant from The Pathway of Excellence and the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Pathway to Excellence program. Mr. Girtman's son, John Carter Girtman, was born one month premature and stayed in the NICU for a month as he underwent treatment for pneumonia and a urinary tract infection.
With the webcam, Mr. Girtman was able to keep track of his son's progress, which his wife said meant a lot to the service member.
"He loved it," Mary Girtman told ABC News. "It was really nice for him just because we have such a big time difference between us right now. He didn't have to rely on me being there a certain time for him to see his son."
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