Kidney transplant patient donates $1 million to LHSC
September 21, 2022
LONDON, Ont. – London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF) is proud to announce a $1 million gift from Keith and Leanne Lavergne (pictured) of Lasalle, Ontario in support of the Division of Urology at London Health Sciences Centre. Keith, a grateful patient of Dr. Alp Sener, wanted to give back to the care team and hospital that helped save his life and give him so much more than money could ever buy – time with his loved ones.
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LONDON, Ont. – The London Health Sciences Centre, London’s largest employer, is undergoing a leadership restructuring. Part of the restructuring includes creating two new president positions, one each for Victoria and University hospitals.
VANCOUVER – The Government of British Columbia announced that the business plan for the second phase of expansion of the Phil and Jennie Gaglardi Surgical Centre at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) has been approved. Phase 2 will include 13 new operating rooms and 38 new perioperative patient bays, transforming the second floor of JPN into a state-of-the art surgical facility.
TORONTO – Jack Nathan Medical Corp. and Wal-Mart Canada Corp. announced that they have signed an agreement to drive rapid expansion of additional Jack Nathan Medical Clinics across Canada. Jack Nathan Health is an independent provider of medical clinics located in Walmart Canada stores under the Jack Nathan Health brand.
TORONTO – Ontario is investing over $1 billion in several major redevelopment and expansion projects for the Scarborough Health Network. Scarborough Health Network – with three hospitals and five satellite centres – currently provides care to more than 832,000 people in one of Canada’s most diverse communities.
NEWMARKET, Ont. – The Ontario government is investing $5 million to expand Southlake Regional Health Centre. This funding will support planning to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and redevelop the existing site to meet the growing demand for services and improve access to high-quality health care for residents of York Region and Simcoe County.
KINGSTON, Ont. – The first thing visitors to the Kingston Health Sciences Centre’s (KHSC) new Breast Imaging Kingston (BIK) facility will notice is how welcoming and bright the new building is.
The state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot complex brings together breast imaging services and procedures from the Hotel Dieu Hospital and the former Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) sites under one roof. Located on John Marks Avenue in Kingston’s east end, the facility boasts new, up-to-date equipment including a novel prone breast biopsy table.
EDMONTON – Members of the public will now be able to pull out their “crypto wallet” and donate to the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, since it has become the first health-care foundation in Alberta to accept donations in cryptocurrency.
The Edmonton Sun reports that Glenrose has partnered with The Giving Block to accept a number of different cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Trillium Health Partners (THP) and Trillium Health Partners Foundation (THPF) are honoured to announce an historic $105 million donation from renowned philanthropist Peter Gilgan and The Peter Gilgan Foundation. As the largest donation to a hospital in Canadian history, it will support THP in building the largest and most advanced hospital in Canada, to be named “The Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital.”
HALIFAX – A new QEII Health Sciences Centre is on the horizon and it’s the catalyst that has the QEII Foundation launching the largest ever healthcare fundraising campaign in the region.
The $100 million We Are campaign marks a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address some of the biggest issues in healthcare. Better access to care, first-in the-world technologies, improving wait times and patient outcomes, with research and innovation intersecting every project.