News Room
For immediate release - April 24, 2007
TELUS Employees Helping to Save Children's Lives
TELUS’ Ottawa Race Weekend Team raised
$33,000 for state-of-the-art pediatric trauma training program
(OTTAWA, ONTARIO) – A group of TELUS employees got
the opportunity this morning to see first hand how their support
is making a difference to thousands of children in our community
who need emergency care every year.
Doctors and nurses at the Emergency Department of the Civic
Campus of The Ottawa Hospital simulated a
dramatic trauma intervention using new, state-of-the-art
child mannequins purchased thanks to the support of local
TELUS employees, as part of The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s
Ottawa Race Weekend fundraising
drive.
The mannequins are part of a new Pediatric Skills Lab Program created
thanks to funds raised by TELUS Team members and the TELUS Community
Board. The scope of the Program will be far-reaching and will provide
ongoing training to hundreds of emergency nurses, medical students
and residents in our region. An online companion to the Program
is also in the works.
Today’s demonstration formally kicked off TELUS’ 2007
fundraising efforts leading up to May 26-27 Ottawa Race Weekend.
TELUS’ goal for this year’s race is to surpass the $33,000
they raised in 2006.
“Every year, more than 3,000 children in need of urgent care
are rushed to the Civic ER by desperate parents who are not sure
if they’ll make it to CHEO in time,” said Dr. Janet
Nuth, Civic Emergency physician. “We cannot thank TELUS enough
for supporting the Pediatric Skills Lab and to help us ensure medical
staff – who are more used to seeing adult patients –
will be ready when an infant is brought to us for emergency care.”
“I’m so proud of our TELUS Team members,” said
Janet Yale, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Affairs at TELUS.
“Their efforts will help our medical professionals save the
lives of countless children in our community.”
TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national
telecommunications company in Canada, with $8.7 billion of annual
revenue and 10.7 million customer connections including 5.1 million
wireless subscribers, 4.5 million wireline network access lines
and 1.1 million Internet subscribers. TELUS provides a wide range
of communications products and services including data, Internet
protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video. Committed to being
Canada's premier corporate citizen, over the last six years TELUS
has contributed more than $76 million to charitable and non-profit
organizations, and has established seven TELUS Community Boards
across Canada to lead its local philanthropic initiatives. For more
information about TELUS, please visit www.telus.com.
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. It boasts specialty
centres in cancer, heart, kidney and vision care, as well as rehabilitation
services. Working together with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,
the University of Ottawa, and other partners, TOH is gaining national
recognition for high-quality patient care, teaching and research.
It ranks as one of the most efficient teaching hospitals in the
country. For more information, visit The Ottawa Hospital Web site
at www.ottawahospital.on.ca
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation is the
local charity of choice of the Ottawa Race Weekend. The
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
The Ottawa Race Weekend, Canada's premier running
festival, combines competition, participation and fundraising to
make a distinctive contribution to the health of the community.
Over 30,000 participants are expected for the 2007 events, which
include the ING Ottawa Marathon and the MDS Nordion 10K. For more
information, visit the Ottawa Race Weekend Web site at www.ncm.ca
For more information, please contact:
Robin Percival
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Media & Public Relations Officer
Tel.: 613-798-5555, ext. 18718
Cell: 613-614-8755
rpercival@ottawahospital.on.ca
Françoise Gagnon
Director of Public Affairs and Media Relations
TELUS
613-868-5646
|
