10th annual Give a Little Life Day raises $393,239
The 10th annual Give a Little Life Day was a huge success.
Funds raised will go towards the purchase of seven telemetry units for Victoria Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which serve as important heart monitoring systems for patients with heart or respiratory conditions.
Carol Gregoryk, vice-president of integrated health services for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) said the machines they currently have are on the last legs of their life and they need to be replaced.
“We can’t get parts for them anymore, nobody else is really using them in the province so as a result when we get people that need a telemetry unit and are well enough to move on to another unit other than the ICU we are not able to keep a close eye on them,” she said. “Telemetry allows to keep an eye on you in another part of the hospital so it is really important that we have those machines.”