The Peterborough Regional Medical Centre Foundation has announced a $60 million fundraising campaign, the largest ever for the hospital and foundation.
Officials said Tuesday that the campaign aims to “rethink” care at the hospital.
“Our hospitals are at a crossroads,” said Leslie Heighway, president and CEO of the PRHC Foundation. “Our hospitals and the communities we serve face serious challenges, and addressing them requires creative, inspiring and efficient solutions.”
“Without advances in technology and improved capabilities, we risk leaving patients behind. Today, we choose to design the future of health care.”
The foundation said the funds raised will help drive innovation, introduce new life-saving services, attract top medical professionals, “strengthen” world-class care closer to home, and support other key priorities for the hospital.
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The campaign's focus areas include cardiac care, cancer care, minimally invasive surgery, interventional radiology, mental health and addiction services, and a physician-led innovation accelerator.
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While Tuesday's announcement catapulted the campaign into the public eye, Highway said the campaign actually “quietly began” in 2020, with donors helping to raise $45.5 million, or 75 percent, of its goal so far.
Highway noted that some of those earlier investments have supported projects such as an upgraded catheterization lab, a state-of-the-art CT scanner, a second MRI machine, the new Scotiabank Youth Eating Disorder Day Treatment Program and ongoing renovations to enhance patient care facilities.
“As we move into the public phase of the PRHC campaign, your generosity will inspire others to join in,” Heighway said. “Together, we will meet health care challenges head on and build on the momentum you've created as we reimagine health care at PRHC to create a healthier, stronger community for all.”
Upcoming projects include expanding the cardiac laboratory and introducing electrophysiology, improving the crisis unit in the hospital's emergency department and setting up a hybrid operating theatre for the treatment of vascular diseases.
Introducing digital pathology to speed up cancer diagnoses.
Dr. Lynn Mikula, president and CEO of PRHC, supported the campaign, saying the hospital faces challenges and that donor support is essential to its success.
“PRHC is a vibrant organization of incredibly dedicated and caring professionals, but it is not without its challenges, both present and future,” Mikula said. “We can only move forward in partnership with individuals, families and organizations who share our vision for the hospital and what we can accomplish together.”
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