By Victoria Hospital Foundation

Victoria Hospital Foundation Will Be Ordering Medical Equipment Thanks to Give A Little Life Day

Dec 22, 2010 | 4:08 PM

PHOTOS: Julia Knoke, RN supervisor in the OR Unit shows staff from Rawlco Radio’s three stations:

Today’s Country 900 CKBI, Power 99 FM & MIX 101 FM  in Prince Albert various pieces of medical equipment in urgent need of replacement and upgrading.

The Victoria Hospital Foundations says it has given the “go ahead” to the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region to order medical equipment needed to replace and upgrade aging and failing equipment in the Victoria Regional Hospital’s Operating Room Unit.

Rob Dalziel, executive director with the Victoria Hospital Foundations said, “Donations continue to come in since the Friday, December 3rd 12 hour GIVE a little life DAY radio-a-thon. We are amazed and grateful with the tremendous outpouring of generosity we have received.”  Dalziel went on to indicate, “A combination of circumstances have come together work in our favour: a slower than expected economic recovery in the United States means many hospitals in the US have slowed or reduced their purchases of medical equipment and a Canadian Dollar at or near par with the US dollar has given us added purchasing power.”

Drew Gray, chair of the Victoria Hospital Foundation said, “While the foundation and Rawlco Radio can take satisfaction in a job well done the real winners are the people who helped make this happen and ultimately the patients who will use the Victoria Regional Hospital”.

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The foundation is just 8% away from of their goal of $400,000 and is confident they are in a position to fund the purchase of much needed equipment for the Operating Rooms. The equipment should begin arriving in the next four to six weeks. Some of the equipment will take a little longer to arrive and be installed. The foundation  will issuer updates as the work progresses.

The Victoria Regional Hospital provides medical care to more than 77,000 people in the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. The region is one of the largest in the province.