Your Impact
Throughout the year, the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation provides funding for a wide variety of equipment and patient comfort items for NRGH, Oceanside Health Centre in Parksville and three care facilities.
With the generous support of individual, corporate and community donors, here are some of the items the Hospital Foundation has been able to fund. Click on the linked items below to learn more and visit our news feed or our Facebook page regularly for more updates as they happen.
- Echocardiograph Ultrasound Units
- O.R. Teaching Mannequin
- Washer and Dryer for the NICU
- Baby Simulator Mannequin
- Bladder Scanner
- Rhineoscopes
- Breast Pumps
- Freezers for the Milk Bank
- Rehabilitation Sit to Stand Lift
- Couches for care facility patients
The Hospital Foundation also funds continuing education so medical staff have access to the latest knowledge and techniques to improve patient care. Recently funded courses:
- Paediatric Emergency First Aid
- Psychosocial Care of the Dying and Bereaved
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Top Photo: RN’s in the Advanced Cardiac course
Top Left: Dr.Nataranjan with an Echocardiograph Ultrasound Unit
Middle Left: O.R. Teaching Mannequin
Bottom Left: RN’s Laura Miskulin & Sheri Shanahan with the new NICU Washer and Dryer
