IMPACT

To improve healthcare services for the community, the Portage District General Hospital Foundation has committed to making annual purchases to enhance healthcare. Below are some purchases that have been made over the years thanks to your generous donations:

• Completion of a third Palliative Care Room – $15,000.00
• 2 Ooksnow Palliative Care Beds – $50,000.00
• Obstetrics Triage Room – $25,000.00
• Cafeteria Upgrades – $40,000.00
• 6 Treatment chairs for Chemotherapy Department – $15,000.00
• Steris warming cabinet for Same Day Surgery – $8,855.00
• Ophthalmoscope for Critical Care – $838.35
• Gamma probe used in the operating room for breast surgery – $50,000.00
• New equipment for Ear, Nose, Throat program – $10,000.00
• New equipment for the Gynecology program – $10,000.00
• Cataract equipment and stretcher – $36,000.00
• 2 Pulse oximeters for Surgical / Obstetrics – $1,800.00
• Transport chairs for Critical Care – $10,000.00
• BiliChek system for Surgical / Obstetrics – $8,164.00
• 14 vital sign monitors for Medical/Pediatrics – $60,680.00
• 1 vital machine monitor for Chemotherapy – 4,500.00
• Portable ultrasound machine for Critical Care – $60,000.00
• Expansion and renovation of the Chemotherapy Department – $85,000.00
• System diagnosis unit for Pediatrics – $3,040.00
• Wall mounted vital sign monitor for Critical Care – $4,900.00
• 6 Baxter infusion pumps with stands for Medical / Pediatric – $27,000.00
• 4 vital sign monitors with stands for Surgical / Obstetrics – $19,500.00
• 2 Baxter Colleague infusion pumps with stands Surgical / Obstetrics – $9,500.00
• Blanket warmer for Chemotherapy – $5,000.00
• 2 Baxter Colleague infusion pumps with stands for Dialysis – $9,200.00
• Ear, Nose, and Throat telescope for the operating room – $4,500.00
• Cataract Stretcher for the operating room – $7,500.00
• Bilateral grasping forceps for the operating room – $4,700.00
• Surgical instruments for tonsil and adenoid procedures for the operating room – $3,000.00
• Bladder scanner for Surgical/ Obstetrics – $15,000.00
• 8 electric patient recliners for Dialysis – $58,000.00
• 6 vital sign monitors for Dialysis – $9,000.00
• 2 fetal heart monitors – $33,600.00
• Colonoscope and gastroscope for the operating room – $104,000.00
• Portable ultrasound machine for Critical Care – $43,670.00
• Cataract instruments for the operating room – $35,680.00
• Expansion and renovation to Critical Care – $100,000.00
• Stretchers (4) – $23,500.00
• Birthing Simulator – $1,500.00
• Bassinets – $22,100.00
• Phototherapy Light – $6,900.00
• Vital Sign Monitors (6) – $24,000.00
• Stretchers with Scale (2) – $13,000.00
• Vacuum Curettage System – $10,750.00

The Portage District General Hospital Foundation has approved the following allocations, ensuring the continued care of the residents of Douglas Campbell Lodge:

• Feeding assistance table – $1,868.00
• Fixed lift in 5 residence rooms – $14,044.00
• Outdoor benches – $570.00
• Lifts for 2 bathtubs – $22,941.00
• Bathtubs – $50,000.00
• Patio furniture – $5,000.00
• Duet tricycle – $6,100.00
• 5 electric beds – $12,500.00
• Fridge for the medication room – $1,700.00
• BBQ – $600.00
• Wing lounge – $12,000.00
• Television with stand – $1,400.00
• Fence – $25,000.00
• Over Bed Tables – $3,000.00
• Vinyl Recliners (2) – $3,000.00
• Fire Pit – $5,000.00

Following are the recent commitments from the Portage District General Hospital Foundation for Regency House:

• AED Machine – $350.00
• Dining tables