2004 News Releases
For immediate release - September 20, 2004
Charity Golf Tournament Raises $220,000 for New Resuscitation
Bay at The Ottawa Hospital's Civic Campus
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) - Members of the Royal Ottawa
Golf Club (ROGC) today raised $220,000 for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
during their annual Royal Ottawa Golf Club Charity Classic Golf
Tournament.
The funds will go to help build and equip a state-of-the-art resuscitation
bay at The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus; the project is
slated for completion in 2006. Improvements to the Civic Campus
are among the key initiatives supported by the Foundation’s
five-year, $100-million Legacy Campaign.
“Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Royal Ottawa
Golf Club members, the dream of a new resuscitation bay at the Civic
Campus will soon be a reality,” said Susan Doyle, President
and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation. “We are truly thankful
for our community’s amazing support and its dedication to
building a better hospital for our region.”
“It is a very proud day for the members of The Royal Ottawa
Golf club to be able to make such a significant contribution to
The Ottawa Hospital,” said Graham Macmillan, Tournament Chair,
Royal Ottawa Golf Club Charity Classic, and Managing Director, RBC
Capital Markets.
With its 1,130 beds, The Ottawa Hospital is one
of the largest teaching hospitals in Canada. It provides comprehensive,
high-quality, patient-focused health care services, in English and
French, to over 1.5 million residents of Eastern Ontario, and specialized
and complex services for residents of Northeastern Ontario. 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 world-class research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. For more information, visit
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Web site at www.ohfoundation.ca.
For more information, please contact:
Carl Martin
Vice-President, Communications & Marketing
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Tel.: (613) 798-5555, ext. 17840
Cell: (613) 762-3432
camartin@ottawahospital.on.ca
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