The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is asking the public to help raise money for 10 new patient monitors for the intensive care unit at Victoria General Hospital.
The campaign, launched on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 29, hopes to raise more than $500,000 for the life-saving equipment.
To mark Giving Tuesday, the island-based GAIN Group is matching donations up to a total of $50,000 for the campaign.
The new patient monitors will be used to replace the hospital’s current monitors, which are 17 years old.
“Those patients need these particular monitors to ensure that they get safe care and that they get care that will save their life,” said Susan Butler, intensive care manager at VGH.
The new patient monitors will include larger display screens, modern software and improved alarm settings.
The system can also connect to the internet, which allows caregivers to monitor patient data without having to be bedside.
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