2004 News Releases

For immediate release - May 31, 2004

THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION CELEBRATES $500,000 GIFT FOR CIVIC CAMPUS

Celebrating a generous gift: Dr. Jack Kitts, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital (left), and Dr. Jozef Straus, Co-chair of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Legacy Campaign, thank Inez Zelikovitz for her $500,000 gift in support of much-needed improvements at the Civic Campus.

(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – The Ottawa Hospital Foundation today announced a $500,000 donation from Inez Zelikovitz and her late husband, Joseph, which will be put toward much-needed improvements at the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital. The announcement was made at a reception held this morning at the Civic Campus.

To recognize this donation, The Ottawa Hospital will rename the admitting area of the Civic Campus the “Inez and Joseph Zelikovitz Admitting/Patient Registration Centre.”

“Mrs. Zelikovitz is well-known within the Ottawa healthcare community for her kind spirit and her dedication to helping others,” said Susan Doyle, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation. “Her continued commitment and dedication is truly outstanding and appreciated.”

“Community support from individuals and organizations allows The Ottawa Hospital to provide the very best in healthcare,” said Dr. Jack Kitts, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital. “This generous gift will go to priority areas at the Civic Campus, helping us build an outstanding hospital that has the latest technology and facilities.”

Inez and Joseph Zelikovitz promised each other that, because they had no children, the one who lived longer would give everything they had to charity. Since Joseph’s death in 1998, Mrs. Zelikovitz has contributed millions of dollars to community organizations, including United Way/Centraide Ottawa, CHEO, the Food Bank and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

With its 1,130 beds, The Ottawa Hospital is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Canada and one of the Ottawa area’s largest employers. It provides comprehensive, high quality, patient-focused health care services, in English and French, to over 1.5 million residents of Eastern Ontario, and specialized and complex services for residents of Northeastern Ontario. For more information, visit The Ottawa Hospital Web site at www.ottawahospital.on.ca.

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s mission is to inspire and enable people to support the highest quality healthcare at The Ottawa Hospital and world-class research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. For more information, visit The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Web site at www.ohfoundation.ca.

For more information, please contact:

Danielle St-Aubin
Director, Communications & Marketing, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Tel: (613) 798-5555, ext. 12972
dstaubin@ottawahospital.on.ca