Georgie Hari, President and CEO of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation formally announced today the launch of the 'Save a Heart' Campaign with a goal of $1.6 million. Funds raised will purchase new equipment for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab. The Foundation is very honoured to have both Dr. Frank Nigro and Keith Jobbitt as Campaign Chairs.

With cardiac disease at an all-time high in our area coupled with the fact that our current cardiac equipment often experiences technical failures and downtime due to its age, presented a drastic problem for our Cardiology team in trying to assess and diagnose our cardiac patients. Equally disturbing is the 52-week interval for elective patient imaging provided by our existing MRI. This excessive wait is not acceptable in caring for our patients.

The new equipment in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab will improve the clarity of images and allow more complex images to be recorded in less time enabling more patients to receive services while assisting in diagnosing heart disease. Additionally, the new technology supports immediate report availability and electronic online access for our partner sites. Overall, a 15% increase in Cardiac Catherizations will enable TBRHSC to perform in excess of 1,500 annually.

In November, 2004, the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre identified a critical need for $7.6 million to purchase new equipment associated with the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and the addition of an MRI to meet the patient care needs in both the cardiac and diagnostic areas of our Centre.

The Ministry of Health will fund $4.9 million of this project but we need to ensure the balance of $2.7 is available to our Centre to fund this very important equipment. The 'Save a Heart' & associated 'Reduce the Wait Campaign' launched by the Foundation hopes to raise the $2.7 million in our community and region.

Click here for additional information regarding the 'Save a Heart Campaign'.

Georgie Hari President & CEO TBRHSF		Dr. Frank Nigro Co-Chair
Keith Jobbitt Co-Chair		Ron Nelson Chair, TBRHSC Board of Governors
John Jones announces $100,000 donation		Campaign Co-Chairs

TBRHSC Cardiologists commit $100,000 to campaign

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