Last week, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital launched its Transforming Tomorrow Campaign.
The good news is the campaign is already at about 80 per cent of the $8 million target.
Campaign chair Jeff Yurek stressed, “Our community deserves access to the best possible care right around the corner, not in the next city over.”
He outlined the goal of the fundraising initiative.
The transformation will also include improvements to CT scans, nuclear medicine, X-ray and ultrasound services.
The goal of the Transforming Tomorrow Campaign is a complete makeover and expansion of the diagnostic imaging department.
That includes the hospital’s first state-of-the-art MRI. As noted by hospital president and CEO Karen Davies, the facility performs about 80,000 diagnostic imaging tests or procedures each year.
And at the launch, Mary Lou Crowley, president and CEO of the hospital foundation announced financial support from the FDC Foundation, a Canadian foundation which donates to the healthcare field, with a focus on hospitals.
Crowley added the contribution brings the hospital significantly closer to providing enhanced care within the community.
Chief of diagnostic imaging, Dr. Stefan Potoczny used the occasion to announce, “The real reason I’m here is because of the support I have from my family. They are the reason I do what I do every day.”
In a personal recollection from campaign ambassador Vera Warren, she documented her son Tyler’s journey through cancer that involved more than 40 MRIs.
Yurek concluded, “The goal of this campaign is to ensure our loved ones can stay close to home when it matters most.”
