OK Hjertaas Golfers Raise $86,000 for Victoria Hospital

The Victoria Hospital Foundation’s 18th annual OK Hjertaas Golf Tournament took place last Friday, August 21 at Cooke Municipal Golf Course. Over 150 golfers participated in this annual fundraiser in honour of the late Dr. Orville Hjertaas, a pioneer in the development of Saskatchewan’s medicare system.

The tournament aimed to raise $50,000 to purchase a new instrument sterilizer for the Sterile Processing Department. Currently, the hospital has three of these units, however two of them are 8 years old and starting to experience breakdowns. These machines run over 16 hours per day, every day of the year. Not only do they clean equipment for the Victoria Regional Hospital, but also the entire Health Region.  Every breakdown of these units causes delay to surgeries and procedures in our region and increase wait times.

This year’s tournament raised a total of $86,000.  The winners of the golf tournament were:

1st place:  Jamie Engen’s team with a score of 15 under par