A generous donation of $50,000 has been made to the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie.
The hospital say the money came from Jeff Rice, President of JCR Holdings and will be used towards the purchase of ventilators for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
“As we grapple with COVID-19, we know critical care is where the biggest fights will be fought,” says Rice. “I want to do my part to make sure medical teams in the ICU have the tools they need for patient care.”
Ventilators are one of the most important tools hospitals can have for COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care.
Significant work is being done to ensure RVH has the capacity and equipment required to respond to this pandemic including ordering more ventilators, increasing critical care capacity beds and constructing a regional Pandemic Response Unit – a field hospital on the RVH campus.