(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – More than 1,500 runners and walkers raised a record $90,000 for The Ottawa Hospital at this morning’s 2007 Rattle Me Bones race at the General Campus. Now in its14th year, Rattle Me Bones has raised $490,000 for improvements at the Hospital to date.

“What an amazing day,” said Kent Woodhall, Race Director and Director of Surgery at the Hospital’s General Campus. “A great time was had by all as we raised a record amount for the Hospital. To all the volunteers and the supporters in the community, I can’t thank you enough.”

Proceeds from this year’s race, which was presented by Schering-Plough Canada, will go toward patient care, and arthritis and orthopedic research at The Ottawa Hospital. For more information on the race, please visit www.ohfoundation.ca.

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. 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.

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For more information, please contact:

Stephen Blais
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Communications Advisor
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 18718
stblais@ottawahospital.on.ca