Final numbers are in from the Owen Sound Regional Hospital Foundation’s Guardian Angel Campaign.
Organizers say it was a big success thanks to the generosity of the community surpassing its goal of $400,000 to raise $460,000.
This year’s Guardian Angel Campaign focused on raising funds for a new advanced surgical table with x-ray capabilities that will benefit thousands of patients each year.
Cara Singh, Director of Surgery and Women & Child Care says, “With successful fundraising campaigns such as this one, we may be able to purchase and install the equipment this year, quickly enhancing regional surgical services in our community.”
A release from the hospital foundation says the state of the art, multifunction surgical table comes with large monitors allowing surgeons to capture high quality, clear, x-ray images in real time during surgery.
They say table can be manoeuvred to take targeted images resulting in less radiation exposure, faster treatment and better surgical outcomes.
The cost of the table and specialized construction due to x-ray capabilities will be around $1.5 million.
“The generosity of our community is astonishing, our donors are enabling GBHS to provide an exceptional standard of health care right here in Owen Sound,” said OSRHF’s Executive Director Amy McKinnon.