2006 News Releases
For immediate release - May 18, 2006
New Guardian Angel Program Lets Grateful Patients Pay Tribute
to Ottawa Hospital Staff
 (OTTAWA,
ONTARIO) – The Ottawa Hospital and The Ottawa Hospital
Foundation today launched their Guardian Angel Program. The Program
offers a unique way for grateful patients and their families to
thank a nurse, doctor or other Hospital staff for their lifesaving
work, while supporting The Ottawa Hospital. The honoured staff member
receives a special angel lapel pin.
At the official launch event at the Hospital’s General Campus,
two grateful patients pinned their guardian angels. Marie-Eve Chainey,
a kidney dialysis patient, thanked Dr. Deborah Zimmerman from the
Kidney Care Centre at the Hospital’s Riverside Campus. Ms.
Chainey contracted a severe blood disease and has no renal function;
she must hook up to a dialysis machine almost every night.
Roger Bryanton and his wife, Cindy Scott, honoured Marta Grey,
a staff nurse at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre at the
General Campus. Mr. Bryanton was paralysed in a serious car accident
and is now confined to a wheelchair. He spent eight months in the
physical rehabilitation centre learning to regain his independence.
“We are thrilled to offer this meaningful way for grateful
patients and their loved ones to honour an Ottawa Hospital caregiver
or employee who has gone above and beyond the call of duty,”
said Susan Doyle, President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation.
“At the same time, these donors are supporting excellent health
care for our community by helping the Hospital buy new equipment
and build better facilities.”
“Every day, I see the staff and physicians at The Ottawa
Hospital perform exceptional work,” said Dr. Jack Kitts, President
and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital. “The Guardian Angel Program
is the perfect way for the community to pay tribute to these compassionate
and dedicated individuals.”
Patients can recognize any staff member at the Hospital, including
doctors, nurses, support and admitting staff, cleaning staff, etc.
For more information about the Guardian Angel Program, visit www.ohfoundation.ca
or call Barb Younghusband at 798-5555, ext. 19816.
The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is a multi-campus, academic
health sciences centre, serving 1.5 million residents of Ottawa
and Eastern Ontario, both in English and French. It provides care
for more patients than any other hospital in Canada, and is one
of the largest acute care hospitals in the country. It boasts specialty
centres in cancer, heart, kidney and vision care, as well as rehabilitation
services. Working together with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,
the University of Ottawa, and other partners, TOH is gaining national
recognition for high-quality patient care, teaching and research.
It ranks as one of the most efficient teaching hospitals in the
country. 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 health
care at The Ottawa Hospital and lifesaving 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:
Carl Martin
Vice-President, Communications & Marketing, The Ottawa Hospital
Foundation
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 17840
Cell: (613) 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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