May 8 – 14 is Nurses Week, which is a time for us to recognize and appreciate the hard work and dedication of the nurses that care for us and our loved ones. Please take a moment this week and thank a nurse in your life! We are deeply grateful to all the nurses in our community.
May 1 is National Physicians Day. Physicians are critically important to the health of our community. We are deeply grateful to our physicians for their tireless work, compassion, and perseverance in the face of incredible challenges. Your dedication to the health and safety of others inspires us every day. Thank you for all you do.
Today we thank the Royal Canadian Legion Mt Benson Branch 256 for their donation of $5,000 toward the new Intensive Care Unit last week! Branch President Lew Forth and Past President and Director Joann Walton-Hatch posed for the photo. The branch has given almost $142,000 since they began giving to the hospital in 1990! Thank you so much for 32 years of support for healthcare in our region.
Every year, Quality Foods and Dempsters partner up to fundraise for the Quality Foods Community Health Fund which supports educational opportunities for medical staff at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Quality Foods has supported the hospital with over $323,000 over 27 years of giving, including $10,000 that they gave last week! We are deeply grateful to have such wonderful partners who care so much about the health of the communities we serve.
We want to thank the Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary for donating $12,500 to the new Intensive Care Unit at NRGH! The gift is part of a joint commitment to the project made by Daybreak and four other local Rotary clubs. The new ICU is scheduled to open for patients in 2023.
Right now, doctors around the world are dedicating their lives to the health of those around them. They sacrifice their energy, time, and lives to treating the sick, comforting patient families, training their successors, and instrumentally creating a safer and more prosperous world. Our doctors at NRGH provide high quality care for anyone from central and north Vancouver Island who needs them, from mending broken bones to chemotherapy for cancer patients, from life support for premature babies to palliative care for the elderly. For all you do for us, we honour and thank you.
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