Over the past 11 years, local hospital foundations have banded together to raise money to purchase vital equipment for their hospitals.
This year, 16 foundations, including the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation and the Mount Forest Louise Marshall Hospital Foundation, came together on Oct. 20 for the 11th annual Health Care Heroes Radiothon.
The Palmerston group is raising money for a transport monitor and ventilator for the emergency room and pediatric and small adult colonoscopes for the operating room.
The Mount Forest group is raising money for a chemistry analyzer.
Donations still accepted
There is still time to donate as hospital associations and foundations will accept donations for the next month and a half. More information is available at healthcareheroes.ca.
This year $561,919 was raised during Saturday’s CKNX Health Care Heroes Radiothon, pushing the 11-year total over $7.5 million.
