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A small Alberta town successfully raised $2.2 million for a new CT scanner for their hospital. Here's a look at the role of foundations in providing for hospitals.
August 4, 1940 - May 26, 2021
Bert passed away peacefully May 26, 2021 at the age of 80 following a week in palliative care in the Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre following a short battle with cancer. He cherished the visits he was able to have with his family.
Bert was born in the Drumheller hospital August 4, 1940 to Harry & Florence Hanson. He graduated from Morrin High School and began working with Alberta Government Telephones (AGT, now Telus) working with the tech guys and on call for phone transition problems. This is where he met Grace Hunter, whom he married in 1961, moved to Edmonton where they started their family with two boys. In the mid 60’s they purchased their first home in an upstart community named Sherwood Park where eventually a daughter became part of the family in 1971. They moved to Brooks in 1973, working in oilfield construction. Their fourth child, a boy, was born shortly after moving to Brooks. He took an interest in welding, obtained his welder certifi
Health foundation buys 38 bassinets for local hospital
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There are 38 new Stryker bassinets at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital just in time for Mother’s Day. The Medicine Hat and District Health Foundation raised $152,000 to replace all the existing wooden bassinets at the hospital with a needed upgrade.
“We actually launched the campaign in early 2020, before the pandemic even started,” said Heather Bach, the foundation’s executive director. “We were really excited to bring some new bassinets to our new families and new babies and then of course a pandemic arrived. So, we weren’t really loud about the campaign, but we continued moving forward on it because we still needed these bassinets.”