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TIMES—ADVOCATE
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Community investment — The Grand Bend Community Foundation announced its 2006 grants Dec. 2 at
the Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre.The foundation was established six years ago and has now
donated over $550,000 to 23 different groups including environment, youth, seniors, healthcare and education.
In 2006 the foundation is donating 13 grants to 12 organizations, totaling $ 135,871.Accepting grants on behalf
of their groups are above from Ieft:Tom Prout-Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation -$20,000; Jim
Southcott-Grand Bend Partners in Learning -$1,500; Cindy Maxfield -Grand Bend Area Community Health
Centre -$9,747; Hank Krech-Grand Bend Community Foundation;Val Webster -The Huron Country Playhouse
Guild -$2,500; Chris Thompson -Grand Bend Community Foundation; Joan Eagleson Grand Bend and Area
Horticultural society -$2,340; Craig Scott -Rotary Club of Grand Bend -$20,000 and $5,000; Patty Relouw and
Tony Mennen -Grand Bend & District Soccer Association -$20,000 and Kim Winbow-VON Perth -Huron
Palliative Care Volunteer Program -$460. Below are IanYoung-Rotary Club of Grand Bend; Drew Robertson -
Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Huron -$1,500, Krech; Janet Lavery -Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School -$5,500;
Thompson; Mike Bruneel-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School; Ray Hanson-Lambton Shores Recreation Complex
Forest -$5,500; Cathy Pavkeje-Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School; Gerry Malone -Canadian National Institute for
the Blind -$5,000. Also donated was $30,000 from Fran and Tony Relouw to the Grand Bend Sports Complex
Pavilion.At bottom are Bob Illman from the Grand Bend Community Foundation with Krech, Patty Relouw,
Mennen and Tony Relouw. (photos/Pat Bolen)
CT scanner could
save lives in Exeter
STRATHROY — A
fundraising event that
could benefit the Exeter
and area community
kicked off yesterday.
Physicians and staff of
the Middlesex Hospital
Alliance (MHA) celebrated
an addition to their pro-
gressive vision of excel-
lence in healthcare at
Copperfields Restaurant in
Strathroy.
The event will secure
fundraising efforts for a
new $2 5 million
Computerized
Tomography (CT) scanner
and the necessary building
alterations to accommo-
date it.
"A CT Scanner would cut
wait times, speed up diag-
nosis and save lives,"
Strathroy Middlesex
General Hospital (SMGH)
Chief of Staff Dr. Gary
Perkin.
"It's time our citizens
had access to medical
technology that is stan-
dard in other communities
across Ontario," Perkin
adds.
CT scanning provides
more complete informa-
tion than a standard x-ray
and has become industry
standard within health
care facilities. CT scanning
is a tremendously valuable
asset in the diagnosis of
serious illnesses and
injuries including many
types of cancer and
injuries and diseases of
the abdominal organs.
The MHA service area
exceeds 80,000 individuals
and is growing rapidly. As
this population increases,
there is an increase on
demands of the health
care system. MHA patients
have been waiting too long
for a CT scanner.
As it stands patients,
from Grand Bend to
Watford, from Rodney to
Kilworth, must travel to
other centres and endure
frustrating wait times,
sometimes as long as 20
weeks.
The CT scanner will
allow traumas normally
transferred to London to
be responded to at the
SMGH site. It will also
allow both the Four
Counties Health Services
(FCHS) and SMGH to pro-
vide detailed diagnostic
information that doctors
need in London when
trauma patients must be
referred there for treat-
ment.
The addition of a CT
scanner will allow SMGH
and FCHS to improve
potential to recruit new
surgeons and physicians,
many of whom list accessi-
bility to CT as a factor in
where they decide to work
or set up their practice.
With an estimated annu-
al rate of at least 4,300
scans beginning in the first
year and demand increas-
ing in subsequent years,
the arrival of the CT scan-
ner will provide much
greater access to the most
advanced care within the
service area.
"We serve a wide com-
munity with more than
74,000 patient visits every
year," says SMGH
Foundation board chair-
person George Sinker.
"A CT scanner will help
us respond to increased
traffic and demand at
SMGH, which will trans-
late to shorter wait times
and reduced risk for
patients here and at other
hospitals in the area,"
Sinker adds.
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