News Room
For immediate release - September 18, 2006
Top Charity Golf Tournament Raises Record Amount for the Ottawa
Hospital
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – Members of the Royal
Ottawa Golf Club (ROGC) today held the most successful Golf Tournament
in the Ottawa area, raising a record $244,000 for The Ottawa Hospital
during their annual Royal Ottawa Golf Club Charity Classic Golf
Tournament. Thanks to government leveraging, the amount raised today
grows to an impressive $500,000.
The funds will be used to completely outfit a room in The Ottawa
Hospital’s new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the General Campus,
opening early next year. The ICU in the new Critical Care Wing will
contain nine additional beds and state-of-the-art medical equipment
to better treat some of its most critical patients.
This is the third year that Royal Ottawa Golf Club members have
raised funds for The Ottawa Hospital at their charity tournament.
“The new Intensive Care Unit will greatly improve patient
care in the community, and the Royal Ottawa Golf Club is playing
a vital role in that,” said Susan Doyle, President and CEO
of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation. “We are so grateful for
their generosity. They should be very proud for helping to build
a better hospital for our region.”
“Once again, we are very pleased to be supporting The Ottawa
Hospital at our annual golf tournament,” said Graham Macmillan,
Tournament Chair, Royal Ottawa Golf Club Charity Classic, and Managing
Director, RBC Capital Markets. “Making a contribution to this
major construction project which will do so much for the community
is very satisfying.”
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 Health 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:
Robin Percival
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Media & Public Relations Officer
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 18718
rpercival@ottawahospital.on.ca
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