Operating Room Enhancement

Recipient: St. John Hospital Auxiliary Society
Amount: 15000
Date: 2005-07-27
Areas: Regional
Sectors: Community Infrastructure
Strategy: Community Infrastructure
Description: The goal of this project was to increase surgical services at St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof by purchasing arthroscopic surgical equipment and patient care monitoring systems. The applicant implemented a highly successful fundraising campaign to raise the majority of investment required for this project. This project brings economic benefit by increasing the number of operating room procedures possible per year, and by attracting business from outside the area. The project enhances the level of medical services to Vanderhoof, Endako, Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake, Ft. St. James, Nak'azdli, Tlazt'en, Stellat'en, Nadleh Whut'en, and Saik'uz.
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Well, this success story throws back a little bit. We started planning for the expansion at the Burns Lake Public Library in the early 2000's. It was an ambitious project - double the size of the library!! The board...

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