EmUrgency Campaign

Gavin & Jessica McLear

“When our son Rowan was just two years old, he fractured his skull falling down the stairs. It was the most terrifying time of our lives. When we needed them, PRHC was there with life-saving care and state-of-the-art diagnostic technology. Your support helps fund urgent care equipment that saves the lives of patients like Rowan. He’s the reason PRHC needs your support.” Gavin & Jessica McLear

When accidents and emergencies happen, we must be ready.

Heart attacks, car accidents, sudden fevers, severe falls – everyone knows that accidents and unexpected emergencies can and do happen – usually when you least expect it. And yet, how often do we stop and think about the kind of patient care we will want, or who will be there to provide it, in the event of an emergency?

As the largest hospital in the region, PRHC provides expert critical and emergency care to seriously ill and injured patients from across Peterborough County and beyond.

Expert treatment is the standard at PRHC as demonstrated by our outstanding success in the immediate treatment of strokes and heart attacks. Compared to regional stroke centres, PRHC's patients are receiving the clot-busting stroke drug tPA almost 20 minutes faster than the average delivery time. Patients suffering from acute heart attacks who are eligible for the life-saving drug TNK are also receiving it faster at PRHC than the provincial average.

emurgency – a $1.5 million campaign for urgent care equipment at PRHC

Seconds count when you're saving a life. PRHC's expert emergency, intensive care, cardiology and surgical teams treat thousands of traumatic injuries and life-threatening illnesses every year. It is critical that they have access to the right equipment the moment a seriously ill or injured patient arrives.

Medical technology is constantly advancing and it is only through continued support from the entire community that PRHC can invest in equipment that directly improves patient care and recovery.

The PRHC Foundation is raising $1.5 million to fund urgent care equipment - the kind of equipment essential to the treatment of sudden and traumatic injury and illness. That means everything from lab equipment that helps identify potentially deadly internal bleeding, to oscillating ventilators that help patients breathe when they can't do it on their own, to portable ultrasounds that provide targeted diagnostic medicine right at the bedside. In other words, equipment that saves lives.

With your help, we'll be ready.

Please give to the emurgency campaign today. Help us be ready in case of your emergency.

For more information, please call Lesley Heighway, President & CEO at (705) 743-2121, ext. 3859.

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