You can help ease pain, restore health and save lives
Investing in new medical equipment and technology is fundamental to delivering excellent patient care. It is only through the continued support from our community – individuals, businesses, clubs and groups - that we can put the best tools in the hands of our dedicated health professionals.
While the Government plays a critical role in hospital funding - financing up to 85% of PRHC’s operating budget - government funding simply isn’t sufficient to meet the escalating need for state-of-the-art technology.
The Right Tools in the Right Hands
Our hospital must keep pace with advances in technology to ensure we can deliver the best possible patient care and to continue to attract the best and the brightest physicians, nurses, technologists and specialists to deliver the care we expect.
Over the last decade, the speed of advances in medical technology and treatment options has been breathtaking. At the same time, the demand on our hospital has grown steadily, as has the acuity level of the patients entering our doors.
New technology clearly redefines the delivery of health care. However, while new technology offers significant promise, it comes with a high price, making success of this campaign vital. While government funding is an important part of our hospital’s operations, it simply doesn’t cover the investment needed to have the best equipment at the bedside of our patients.
The Opportunity to Make a Difference
A donation to the PRHC Foundation is your opportunity to contribute to:
- continued improvements in patient care
- more successful outcomes
- increased access to essential healthcare services
- shorter waiting lists for necessary procedures
- retaining and attracting scarce healthcare professionals.
From the Lakes region to the city of Peterborough itself, we all benefit from the services of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre when we need them most. Only by investing consistently and persistently in new equipment and technology can we make further advances in patient care, save more lives, reduce recovery time, improve efficiency as well as attract and retain medical staff.
Funding Priority List
Each year, PRHC's highly qualified team determines what equipment is most vital for the hospital to purchase. The result is a Priority Capital Equipment List. The equipment on this list is essential and equipment that the hospital simply cannot do without. For more information, please contact the foundation.
| Request |
Estimated cost |
Patient benefit |
Anesthesia machine
(surgery) |
$160,000 |
Used daily in the OR to deliver and monitor anesthesia gases. Replaces unit which is nearing obsolescence and difficult to maintain |
Cell saver
(surgery) |
$35,000 |
Used in the majority of emergency aorta aneurysms. This unit recycles the patients own blood during the case, so they receive their own blood and also reducing risk of time lag. Replaces old equipment |
3 Video colonoscopes
(surgery) |
$39,100 each
$117,300 |
Provides 3D image which makes diagnosis and treatment easier and more accurate; will help reduce wait times for colon cancers screening, are less invasive |
| Standing aids |
$113,466 |
To be implemented throughout the hospital in September to provide mechanical and leveraged assistance from chairs; as part of the patient safety efforts |
| Patient lifts |
$656,350 |
Assists with safe patient movement from bed to standing/ wheelchair/ stretcher. Reduces risk of injury to the patient and the staff. For new beds added after move, in phase 2 and 3 (medical, surgical and complex continuing care). |
External Pulse generator
(cath lab) |
$2,495 |
Creates a pulse to make a heart contract or beat when the patients own electrical system is not functioning properly; used in emergency situations. The cardiologist threads a thin wire into the heart and a small electrical charge is generated at a set interval |
| Cast Cutter |
$3,525 |
ER; to remove casts |
Landscaping of 4 courtyards:
Rehabilitation, mental health, complex continuing care, contemplative |
$300,000 |
Documented evidence that a pleasant healing environment has a direct impact on patient care – reduced length of stay, reduced use of antidepressants etc. In particular, the courtyards will be developed to support patient treatment plans eg outdoor rehabilitation including curbs and uneven surfaces. |
| Meeting room equipment |
$100,108 |
14 meeting rooms in the new hospital that require projection screens, monitors etc |