Your Support Will Help AGH Purchase Equipment for Patient Care

Your support will help AGH purchase equipment for patient care

The Almonte General Hospital has more than $1.6 million worth of equipment on its 2011-12 capital request list. “We have a newly redeveloped Hospital and to remain on the leading edge we need new equipment to replace aging equipment and to ensure we stay up to date,” said Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor Foundation Executive Director Gerry Huddleston. “Thanks to the support of our generous donors we are making progress, but we continue to raise funds for several patient care equipment items.” Medical-Surgical Unit – The Hospital’s Medical-Surgical unit requires a cardiac defibrillator, which costs $18,000. It also requires PCA pumps, which cost $5,000. PCA pumps permit patients to control their own pain medication. Operating Room – The OR requires two laparoscopic scopes, which cost $4,000 each, two anaesthetic smart carts, which cost $3,000 each and a $10,000 hysterscope tray. Emergency Room – Equipment required for the ER includes three IV pumps at $4,500 each, a gynaecology stretcher costing $8,000, a crib costing $6,000, a $5,000 cardiac monitor and a $2,500 Instant Lab Analysis machine. Obstetrical Unit – The OBS Unit requires a fetal monitor worth $10,000, five bassinets and mattresses at $2,500 each, an $8,000 blanket for jaundiced babies, a $6,500 medication cart, a $5,000 baby resuscitator and a $5,000 birthing bed. Rosamond Unit – Equipment for the Rosamond Unit, which provides complex continuing care, includes beds and mattresses worth $45,000, a hydrofoil bubble tub that costs $33,000, a $26,000 bariatric bed, an $8,000 therapy surface, a $7,000 medication cart, a $4,300 blanket warmer and a $2,500 shower chair. Lab – The Lab requires a urinalysis reader, which costs $3,000 and a centrifuge machine worth $3,100. X-ray – The X-ray Department requires a $17,000 ECG machine. Physiotherapy – The Physiotherapy Department requires a patient standing frame, which costs $6,000. Service clubs, businesses or individuals wishing to support the Almonte General Hospital by purchasing patient care equipment should call Foundation Executive Director Gerry Huddleston at 613-256-2514, extension 2297, or send an email to [email protected].