HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-07-13, Page 7Wednesday, July 13, 2016 • Huron Expositor 7
Fundraiser for private rooms in the health sector
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
When the doctors break the
news that a loved one has a nar-
row margin to live, Bonnie Beu-
erman wishes it could be a more
of a private conversation instead
of in front of the public in a rela-
tively bare room, akin to when
the Seaforth native was
informed about her son and
husband's serious health
statuses.
Upon hearing the sad infor-
mation from medical personnel
at the University Hospital in
London Ont., Beuerman said
the occurrence was not just
broadcasted to strangers, but
also the "shuffling" around from
room -to -room made the already
tough experience that much
more painful.
"We never knew from one day
to the next, what room we would
be in," she said in a recent inter-
view. "Sometimes we would be
in a big waiting room with other
people in there."
"What we were going through,
that was the last thing we
wanted to worry about:'
Her husband died July 12,
2013 of a massive heart attack
and her son died July 22 of 2015
from a similar heart
complication.
"My son had three months to
live without a heart transplant, a
heart came available, and so he
took it and he never woke up,'
stated Beuerman who also
added that he lived only ten
days after the surgery.
Knowing how much of a toll on
the family the constant travels
back and forth to London and Sea -
forth are in conjunction with the
uncomfortable feeling Beuerman
and her family felt being in an
unfurnished space. She has
decided to launch a fundraiser
BBQ in commemoration to her
two family members who passed
away two years apart.
Last year the event was not
public but more of a family affair,
but this time around, Beuerman
has made 300 tickets available -
most of them have already been
sold. After the event is all said
and done, she will present the
funds to the University Hospital
with the request that it be put
towards building special rooms
where families can privately be
given sensitive and confidential
information regarding their
loved ones.
"If they cannot do that, the
money will go the Critical
Cardiac Care Unit, where my
son and husband were," Beuer-
man said.
Scott Saunders Rolling'
Roaster will be catering the food
for the BBQ; the event will take
place in Blyth on August 13.
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A Seaforth
resident is
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a fundraiser
in hopes
that private
rooms will
be added to
the University
Hospital in
London Ont.
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