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2005 News Releases
For immediate release - June 1, 2005
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Announces Grand Prize Winner of
the 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery!
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – The Ottawa Hospital Foundation today
announced Mary-Ann McGrath, of Almonte, (ticket number 014473) as
the lucky winner of the 2005 Ottawa Hospital Lottery. (Mrs. McGrath)
has won a million-dollar estate home package!
Here are the names of other lucky winners of this year’s
lottery:
- Peter Casey of Nepean (010249) has won a choice of a $150,000-country
home or $100,000 in cash.
- Larry Dewing of Gloucester (034908) has won a 2005 Ford Lincoln
valued at $52,283.
- Corey Carlisle of Nepean (021032) has won a 2005 Ford Explorer
Sport Trac valued at $37,379.
- Margretta van Den Aker of Cumberland (023074) has won a 2005
Ford F150 XLT valued at $35,608.
Other prize highlights include an East African Safari, a Grand
Canyon Adventure, a personal fitness package, 24 sun-soaked vacations,
$145,000 in jewelry, M-Y-HOME shopping sprees worth $20,000 each,
portable colour TVs, Espresso/Cappuccino makers and much more.
A complete list of lottery winners will be published in the June
6 editions of The Ottawa Citizen and Le Droit. The names of the
winners will also be posted on The Ottawa Hospital Lottery Web site.
“Thank you to everyone who bought lottery tickets this year,”
said Susan Doyle, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation.
“Each ticked purchased makes a wonderful contribution to improved
healthcare in your community.”
Proceeds of the lottery will help fund a number of improvements
in patient care at the Civic, General and Riverside Campuses of
The Ottawa Hospital, including:
- Doubling the size of the emergency departments and converting
them into state-of-the-art facilities.
- Doubling the number of beds in the intensive care units of the
Civic and General Campuses.
- Adding 17 new, state-of-the-art operating rooms.
- Purchasing vital diagnostic equipment, such as a CT scanner
right in the emergency department.
With its 1,130 beds, The Ottawa Hospital is one of the largest
teaching hospitals in Canada. 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.
Carl Martin
Vice-President, Communications & Marketing
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 17840
Cell: 762-3432
camartin@ottawahospital.on.ca
Danielle St-Aubin
Director, Communications & Marketing
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 12972
dstaubin@ottawahospital.on.ca
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