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Ontario Power Generations donates $25,000
Connie Vardy
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION’S ‘GENEROSITY’ HELPS PURCHASE OF ULTRASOUND MACHINE
$25,000 donation made to the Cornwall Community Hospital Foundation
Pictured from left to right are: Connie Vardy, CCHF Executive Director; Alan Greig, CCH Chief Planning and Resources Officer; Dale Adams and Wayne Bailey; OPG Site Managers; Dr. Geoffrey Heseltine, Emergency Medecine; Roy Perkins, CCHF Board Chair and Dr. Jacqueline van Hees; Chief of Emergency
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A donation from Ontario Power Generation has helped fund a new state-of-the-art ultrasound machine that will be used to help doctors at the Cornwall Community Hospital. Among its many applications, the ultrasound will help identify life-threatening injuries and rule out complications in early pregnancy.
“The new bedside machine won’t replace the ultrasound services provided in other departments but will help us improve response time to those who need it most in emergency situations,” said Dr. Geoff Heseltine of the Cornwall Emergency Department. “We’ll use bedside ultrasound to identify life-threatening abdominal abnormalities like aneurysms or injuries normally associated with trauma, or rule out other medical complications such as those that might occur in early pregnancy,” he added.
In addition to other “new” equipment purchases made possible by community and corporate donations to the Foundation, the portable ultrasound machine (which cost $55,940) will help the CCH continue to deliver care to the approximately 55,000 patients who come through its doors each year; a number roughly equivalent to that of the Montreal General or Ottawa Civic Hospital.
“The purchase of the ultrasound machine is a perfect example of what we can accomplish by ‘working together’ because half the money came from Ontario Power Generation and the other half from community donors,” said Roy Perkins, Chair of the Cornwall Community Hospital Foundation.
Ontario Power Generation Inc. is an Ontario-based company whose principal business is the safe and environmentally responsible generation and sale of electricity in Ontario.
The Cornwall Community Hospital Foundation is committed to raising funds for much-needed hospital equipment. This continuous appeal will allow the Foundation to fulfill its mission of providing quality health care for the residents of our community.
Cornwall Community Hospital is a 170-bed acute care hospital operating on two sites in the city of Cornwall, located in Eastern Ontario along the St. Lawrence River. With a staff of over 1000 employees, Cornwall Community Hospital serves acute, in-patient, out-patient and community based clients. The hospital provides a wide range of medical specialties. Cornwall Community Hospital was incorporated in 2004 with the amalgamation of the Cornwall General Hospital and the acute care services of the Hotel Dieu Hospital, both with over 100 years of health care service to Cornwall and surrounding area. In 2006, the Canadian Council of Health Services Accreditation accredited Cornwall Community Hospital.
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