Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation Inc.

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 On June 11th, 2007

 Members of the Board of Directors
- Donald Lavallée, President
- Richard Grimard, Secretary
- Sylvia Poisson-Hodgins, Administrator
- John Musgrove, Administrator
- Lucie Hamilton, Administrator
- Dr Thomas O’Neill, Administrator
- Gregg   Hayes, Administrator

 Objectives

Support financially the Community Hospital.

Purchase or invest only when it is obvious that the fund raising will be beneficial for the users of the hospital and that the financement can not be received from somewhere else.

2006/2007

The Foundation contributes to: the installation of lights in the operating room : $ 2 687.81, the purchasing of a microscope (ORL) : $ 14 210.67, the palliative care project : $ 125 969.50.

 November 1992

Projects : solarium of the Rotary Club, brick wall, Pontiac Pride

 June 1995

Request for the OR unit. Purchase of an Addressograph Unit and a terminal for the department of the OR unit as well as a stimulator for the nerves ($2 000) 

 Projects

Request for a gastroscopy, colonoscopy and a sterilization unit

 December 1995

Projects

Endoscopy unit and the step down unit with the monitoring system

 January 1996

Endoscopy project ; relocating the monitoring equipment from the recovery room to the intermediate care unit. Increasing the capacities of the ICU unit to provide the adequate monitoring of the monitors at the intermediate unit.

Purchase  two monitors propack 202ELS with oximeter

Purchase two equipment, one a propack 202 with monitor and one propack 206 with ELS

Buy a central console of four trace monochrome – $ 9 172-

Purchase a central console of six trace in colour – $ 13 830 - reconditioned model

 November 1996

Project

Purchase of a new ultrasound equipment. Update the ultrasound equipment. Purchase of 2 equipments.

First equipment : colour Doppler, vascular, venous and arterial or carotid Doppler. Possibilities in the cardiac field as cardiac disease

($ 177 679.54)

 December 1996

Purchase of a video gastroscopy ($ 76 547) and a converter ($ 41 305) donated by the hospital

 Project

Need for a CT Scanner – 500 000 $ approximately

Need for a cardiac ultrasound – 170 000 $ approximately

Two stretchers for day medicine unit be purchased for the amount of approximately 5 000 $ each

Purchase of an ECG machine for day medicine unit approximately 13 000 $

 June 1997

The price of the CT Scanner will be between 100 000 $ and 150 000 $

Need a Doppler. – and an instrument for cataract surgery 150 000 $

 April 1998

Telemedicine will be installed in radiology by September

Priority list for equipment needs

OBS Whirlpool bath $ 1 500

Respiratory therapy with oxygen $ 2 000

General care – patient lift $ 7 500

cardio arythmia detection cassette $ 5 000

OR cataterization unit $ 7 000

Intensive care ventilator upgrade $ 15 000

 June 1998

Request purchase for

BCI Model 3301 Handheld Pulse Oxymeter with finger probe

Additional ear probe

Carrying care

$ 1 290

 May 1999

Purchase of walker and wheel chair for long term care unit

 September 1999

An automatic bank machine will be installed in the hospital that will bring in a profit of about $ 1 000  a year for the foundation.

 April 2000

Funds received for the CT Scan project at that time; $ 504 577

The foundation accepts to pay in total the equipment for the cataract surgery.

 February 2001

At that time, $ 802 000 raised for the CT Scan

Delivery for end of May 2001

 November 2001

Purchase of the CT Scan. The foundation assume the purchase of the equipment and it’s accessories for a total amount of $ 900 000

 January 2003

Stress test machine

The equipment has arrived. Total cost was $ 38 165.83

The foundation pay for 1 hand held computer for the hospital center for $ 750

 March 2003

The holder monitor arrived. $ 32 209 still to be raised.

 March 2004

Purchase of the ventilator is completed for an amount of $ 44 284.63

 June 2004

The ventilator was received in May.

Remaining $ 32 000 for fund raiser holder monitor

 September 2004

Project

Palliative care unit

This unit will allow for the patient to have a home like environment within the establishment for the palliative care unit. A unit which includes two beds will be created for the family.