{"id":30133,"date":"2024-11-15T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=30133"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:47:41","slug":"windsor-regional-hospital-fundraiser-aims-to-pay-for-key-hospital-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/windsor-regional-hospital-fundraiser-aims-to-pay-for-key-hospital-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Regional Hospital fundraiser aims to pay for key hospital equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">(November 13, 2024) <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">By: CBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The foundation that benefits the Windsor Regional Hospital is making an urgent fundraising appeal to buy new patient equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">It might come as a surprise to some that while the province pays for hospital operations and infrastructure, foundations like the one benefiting Windsor&#8217;s largest hospital step in\u00a0to purchase new equipment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">&#8220;The government covers basically the infrastructure, the staffing and all that whereas the local community, they help and we support the equipment needs of the community,&#8221; said Brandon Osborne, co-ordinator of financial and retail services for the hospital foundation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">&#8220;We work together to provide the best possible care for the local community.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The foundation&#8217;s appeals have been ramping up this month\u00a0with the &#8220;Split the Pot&#8221; lottery, one of the ways the foundation raises money. It&#8217;s a partnership between 68 Ontario hospitals and the ticket money is split between them, and 13 winners will be announced at the end of the month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Last year WRH&#8217;s share of the lottery was about $80,000, and this year they&#8217;re hoping to hit $100,000.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve recently raised money for a 3D mammogram machine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s been a really crucial piece of equipment. We&#8217;ve also been raising (money)\u00a0for CT scanners. Those are obviously very, very important for the hospital functions. And then, just generally, wheelchairs. We&#8217;ve been buying a lot of those lately too as well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The foundation also runs a golf tournament and ticketed fundraising dinners but private donations, like a recent $15 million donation from the Solcz Family Foundation to the region&#8217;s new hospital, also help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Although this method of funding hospital equipment isn&#8217;t new, one health-care critic says its far from ideal \u2014 though she commended hospital foundations\u00a0for their &#8220;absolutely critical&#8221; role and communities for backing them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">&#8220;Obviously, those communities that are larger have more capacity to raise money locally,&#8221; said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">&#8220;The smaller communities, communities that are poorer will have less capacity to raise money. 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