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will be a special day at Kelowna General Hospital, as it marks the official opening of the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre, built to accommodate expanded surgery resources, state-of-the-art equipment technology and a dedicated space for heart surgery patients from across British Columbia’s Southern Interior.

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What to expect on opening day:

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The Interior Heart & Surgical Centre (IHSC) at Kelowna General Hospital opens its doors at 5:45 a.m. on Monday, September 28, 2015. The first surgery gets underway at 7 a.m.

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e want people to know that when the IHSC opens, nothing changes for emergency care,” says Sharon Cook, executive director of Acute Services. “Anyone requiring emergency care should still come to the emergency department at the hospital.”

People requiring non-emergency care, should call their family doctor, visit a walk-in clinic, or call the BC NurseLine at 811.

What will be different?

If there are patients in the Cardiac Services Intensive Care Unit (CSICU), they will be moved to the new CSICU in the IHSC on Sunday, September 27. If you have a family member in the CSICU, the hospital will ensure you are able to visit them in the new unit.

Beginning on September 28, people who have scheduled surgery will check-in for that surgery at the Surgical Services Reception desk located on the first floor of the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre.

Access to Surgical Services Reception is through the new Rose Avenue entrance located in the IHSC directly across from the Clinical Academic Campus, or through the Centennial Building’s main lobby. Volunteers will be on hand to help people find their way in the new building.

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Mission Accomplished: KGH Fundraising Campaign a Success Be a Lifesaver – a campaign to raise $12 million for the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre has been successfully completed. The KGH Foundation announced the final total at $12,140,503.

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he fundraising campaign was launched in 2013 with the funds dedicated entirely to outfitting the IHSC with critical, state-of-theart equipment. With the guidance of campaign co-chairs Drs. Gary Goplen and Guy Fradet and their Leadership Team, the

dedication of countless volunteers, and unwavering public support, the KGH Foundation achieved a remarkable feat.

KGH staff and donors celebrated the successful campaign wrap-up at a reception in the hospital’s new courtyard.

When the IHSC opens later this month, it will house 15 operating

rooms for 12 surgical specialties, including the most technical and advanced component, the Hybrid Operating Room. Considered a game-changer in healthcare, the Hybrid OR creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation in surgical approaches and procedures that physicians could only dream of in the past. It will also provide a platform for train-

ing the future generation of innovators in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery.

“Our old ORs are good,” Dr. Goplen says with a smile, “they’ve been good since the 1970s… but surgery moves along so quickly, the technology moves along. We want to stay up-to-date, always. We’re so grateful that the community saw the need, rallied around us, and helped us bring

the centre to life.”

The benefits of the IHSC will be felt well beyond Kelowna’s borders.

“We’re seeing patients from Williams Lake, Osoyoos, Merritt, Cranbrook and all points in between,” says Dr. Fradet. “This new building, which takes us from industry standard to state-of-the-art, will offer advanced healthcare to 750,000 residents throughout the Interior.

Our community should take great pride in that.

Together we’re improving and saving lives.”

The KGH Foundation is an independent, volunteer-driven charitable organization committed to enhancing the delivery of healthcare to the patients of Kelowna General Hospital and its associated facilities.

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he largest gift in the KGH Foundation’s history came from an anonymous donor who believes in the work of the hospital’s exceptional surgical teams and their need for the most advanced equipment to save lives.

When donated, the $3-million gift placed the $12-million Be a Lifesaver Capital Campaign significantly over its halfway mark. In fact, the single gift accounted for three quarters of the funds needed to equip the most advanced operating room in BC’s Interior, the Hybrid OR. “This gift is truly transformational and we are very grateful for the community’s belief and trust in our role to support world class health care here in the Okanagan” says Doug Rankmore, CEO of the KGH Foundation. “Equipment needed in the Hybrid OR will not be provided through government funding, but we are confident the community will provide the support to make this significant advancement a reality.”

Rankmore’s confidence was well-placed as the final total fundraised was more than $100,000 over the goal.

The quest for a Hybrid OR at Kelowna General Hospital could only come about with a new building on

the KGH campus, the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre. Two of its 15 state-of-the-art operating rooms are purpose-built cardiac (open heart) surgical rooms.

The largest and most advanced is the Hybrid OR. At a cost of $4 million, the Hybrid OR combines traditional surgery with advanced minimally invasive procedures where small incisions under the guidance of sophisticated 3D live diagnostic imaging are made, allowing vascular and cardiac surgeons to combine traditional and modern surgical procedures once unimaginable.

While cardiac surgery deals with the arteries of the heart, vascular surgery treats arteries throughout the rest of the body. Both the cardiac and vascular programs have teams of four surgeons who provide care for the Interior Health region and its 740,000 patients from Williams Lake to Osoyoos, Merritt to Cranbrook and all the communities in between.

Two of the leading causes of death—heart attack and stroke—can be the direct result of an arterial system that has been slowly and progressively compromised by years of deterioration. In the Hybrid OR, the cardiac and vascular surgical teams will work together, simultaneously repairing life threatening problems when every second counts.

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The original artist rendering of the IHSC showed only three floors, but the building was completed with a fourth floor where the perinatal department will move next spring.

“Having a Hybrid OR means we will be able to treat very complicated elective, emergency and trauma patients at KGH, saving many lives with world class techniques, right here at home,” says Dr. Pasenau, head of Vascular Surgery at Kelowna General Hospital. “We have a very busy vascular program, and the Hybrid OR will provide us with an equivalent program when compared to Vancouver and Victoria.

That will have a huge impact on patient care within the Interior of BC.” Be a Lifesaver’s goal was to ensure the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre opened fully outfitted with the critical state-of-the-art equipment and support it needs to improve and save lives. Mission accomplished.

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Rotary Kelowna and the Stryker Navigational System that saves lives Things were going great for Lucas Jackson. Healthy, hardworking and hopeful, the 31-year-old Kelowna realtor was living the Okanagan dream, building his home and business, raising two children with his lovely wife, Krista. Life couldn’t have been better—until a stroke nearly stole it.

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arch 24, 2014 began in typical fashion, with a workout at the local gym. Lucas and Krista checked fiveyear-old Cohen and three-year-old Ava into the facility’s daycare and headed to the weight room, where things quickly went awry.

“I was unreasonably agitated,” Lucas recalls.

“I was mad at people, upset with the equipment.

When a popular song came on, I tried to show my wife the YouTube video and couldn’t re-

member my phone’s pass code. And I’m on my phone hundreds of times a day.”

When his speech became slurred and he started bumping into things, he knew something was gravely wrong.

“I thought of stroke,” Krista admits, “but there was no way. Lucas is young. He doesn’t smoke.

He’s fit.”

Rushed to Kelowna General Hospital, Lucas was quickly assessed in the Emergency Department before receiving a CT, then an MRI scan of his brain. When bleeding was confirmed, an angiogram determined the source of stroke: an

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AVM, or arteriovenous malformation.

Caused by an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, an AVM can strike anyone, but if caught and treated quickly, has a good prognosis.

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Kelowna’s generous donation of $100,000 to the Be a LifeSaver Campaign in support of the Interior Heart and Surgical Center, KGH recently acquired a stateof-the-art Stryker Navigational System. The equipment changed the course of Lucas’ treatment and contributed to his near miraculous recovery.

Neurosurgeon and chief of surgery Dr. Gary Goplen, explains how it works. “This device tracks our operative instruments as we move them, and shows us in real time exactly how close we are to the boundaries of tumors, blood vessels, and critical structures. We can map the shortest route to our target with utmost precision. Incisions are smaller, approaches are exact, and safety is enhanced.”

Funds for the equipment were raised through the Rotary Club’s 22nd annual Sysco Pro-Am Charity Golf Tournament. The event brings top amateur golfers and

professionals together to compete for cash prizes and raise money for local charities. Sponsors include Sysco Kelowna and Fortis BC among others.

Tournament chairman Bill Redmond proudly proclaimed 100 per cent of sponsorship ends up in the hands of worthwhile charities. “We thought this was a piece of equipment that was much needed,” he says of the Stryker system that allows people like Lucas to remain in their hometown while receiving life-saving treatment.

“The familiarity made all the difference,” Lucas says. “My family came to see me everyday. My dad

and sister were amazing.

Krista’s cooking was so comforting. I walked Abbott Street during my rehabilitation.”

“I don’t know how we would’ve managed if Lucas couldn’t be treated in Kelowna,” Krista agrees.

“We’re so grateful!”

“I didn’t get the photographic memory I asked for,” Lucas jokes, “But being in the hospital, you have a lot of time to think. You ask yourself, ‘Why did I get so lucky?’”

A little luck and a lot of love from generous organizations like Rotary Kelowna, allow the KGH Foundation to answer with the best possible care.

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he Interior Heart & Surgical Centre (IHSC) is green and we’re not talking about the paint colour. The building’s design and construction has been completed to LEED Gold standard.

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system that is recognized as the international mark of excellence for green building in 150 countries around the world, including Canada.

Interior Health is working hard to reduce energy

MDRs are typically found in the basement of hospitals. The new MDR in the IHSC features big windows that let in lots of natural light creating a better work environment for the staff.

consumption in its buildings and is taking every opportunity to reduce its environmental impact and carbon footprint through creating green and healthy buildings. Achieving LEED Gold design standard for all new buildings is mandatory at Interior Health.

Green buildings create a healthier work and patient environment. They also reduce waste, conserve energy, decrease water consumption, and drive innovation.

Some of the environmental highlights of the IHSC include: • New gardens for the enjoyment of patients, their families and hospital staff. The gardens use water efficient landscaping that include drought-tolerant plantings • The use of low emitting materials in adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, etc. to support high quality indoor air • Light pollution reduction in the interior and exterior lighting • 96 per cent of all construction waste was diverted from the landfill.

Other LEED Gold certified buildings at Kelowna General Hospital include the Clinical Academic Campus (2010), the Centennial Building (2012), and the Dr. Walter Anderson Building (2012).

To learn more about Interior Health’s commitment to environment sustainability, visit www.interiorhealth.ca.

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Betty and Werner Fink, KGH open heart surgery patients Two healthy hearts thanks to award winning cardiac program.

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or Betty and Werner Fink, 2014 proved to be a miraculous and life changing year. Married 55 years and longstanding residents of Kelowna, the couple maintained a healthy and active lifestyle. They also took care to be educated on the signs of heart attack and stroke, should the unthinkable occur. So when Werner experienced nausea and loss of consciousness while working on some plumbing at home, Betty called the ambulance immediately. Within 10 days, he was home recovering from successful open heart surgery, a lifesaving operation performed at Kelowna General Hospital.

“The unexpected comes; that’s what life

is,” says Werner. “We’re so fortunate to have the hospital here.”` In 2012, KGH implemented a Cardiac Surgery Program, launching open heart surgeries in B.C.’s Interior. Without the program, patients would be transported to the closest facility, either Vancouver or Calgary.

And in November 2014, the program’s directors, Dr. Guy Fradet and Dr. Carol Laberge, received the 2015 Leadership Quality Award from the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council.

Sharon Cook, health service administrator attributes the award to the program’s monthly Cardiac Surgery Program Report Card tracking outcomes against national benchmarks. “This process has promoted teamwork, engaged staff, supported a greater vision and created trust amongst team members.

Guy and Carol’s leadership has…encouraged a culture of continuous improvement and motivated their team to provide a high quality of care.”

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Werner Fink’s open heart surgery is one of over 1,000 completed since the program’s launch in 2012. It was fortunate he did not have to travel for the operation, but in Betty’s case, it was lifesaving.

A short six months after Werner’s surgery, Betty was gardening at home alone when she felt an intense pain in her jaw. She remembered jaw pain as a possible warning sign and immediately called 911. She was suffering internal bleeding from an aortic aneurism and required emergency open heart surgery to repair the damage. Thanks to KGH’s Cardiac Program, Betty did not have to be transported to Vancouver and was in surgery within 15 minutes of arrival.

Werner was called in when Betty was in surgery and remembers the report from the surgeon, Dr. Fradet. “He said ‘Not too many survive this, but I think I saved her’.

He’s the best. A real humanitarian, a skilled surgeon.”

Dr. Fradet remained on hand for Betty’s entire recovery. When she returned home, nurses called daily to check in.

Betty has no memory of the day and all that her body endured, but feels so appreciative of the care she received.

She laughs as she gestures to the seven-inch scar in her chest. “I have such respect for the heart.

It’s always working and never gets a break! It’s a miracle organ.”

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Dr. Guy Fradet Medical doctors often give us a new lease on life. A surgery or medical treatment can bring about change in our lives that can be euphoric, breaking down walls that previously restricted our hopes and dreams.

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hen the Interior Heart & Surgical Centre is officially opened on September 28, that same life changing event will be the experience for Dr. Guy Fradet.

Fradet is a renown cardiac surgeon and medical director of Interior Health Cardiac Science program.

“It’s the first time in my 30 years of medical practice that I will have the opportunity to work in a state-of-the-art facility such as this. It’s very exciting for us to have this opportunity,” he said.

Fradet said the idea of developing a heart surgical centre in Kelowna, so patients didn’t have to make the trip to Vancouver for surgery, has been discussed for many years.

“The views expressed about that go back to the 1980s so there is a lot of satisfaction now to see this facility becoming a reality,” Fradet said.

From a surgery perspective, Fradet calls the new addition to Kelowna General Hospital a game-changer in health care for the Central Okanagan and the Interior Health region, both because of the capacity for heart surgery but also because of the modern surgical techniques that can be adopted at the centre.

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Dr. Michael MacLeod The best and the brightest around the world will likely take note of the opening of the Heart and Surgical Centre at Kelowna General Hospital.

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r. Michael MacLeod, head of general surgery at KGH, said a state-ofthe-art medical facility like the new centre carries a definite ‘cool’ factor both for surgeons, specialists and university med school students.

Leanne Rains, OR RN and Dr. Mike Macleod, head of general surgery, demonstrate a simulated laparoscopic surgery in one of the IHSC’s new operating rooms.

“Recruiting new people with highly specialized skills to come to Kelowna will certainly be enhanced by the new surgical centre,” MacLeod said.

“And we all benefit from that, the patients for receiving a continuing higher level of care, and fellow doctors who get to share their expertise with each other.”

While cardiac surgery is the high profile new element that will benefit from the facility, MacLeod said the surgical centre will be of benefit for all types of surgeries.

“We have had four operating rooms that are now old and outdated working continually for some time here now,” MacLeod said. “The new surgery centre will now include 12 ORs, with expansion down the road to add another three surgery rooms when they

become needed.”

Two of those new ORs will dedicated to cardiac surgery, and another will be on stand-by for emergency C-section procedures. The rest of the rooms will be open to other types of surgery.

“They will be room shells for now but having that room for expansion will be important as the challenge for surgery services grows,” said MacLeod, noting that while the centre is located in Kelowna, it will serve the much wider region of Southern Interior B.C. MacLeod said the new facility will be a beautiful place for staff to work, great for the morale of both the medical staff and patients.

“To see the new equipment in place in a brand new modern facility, that inspires confidence in everyone and is a great place for doctors to work,” he noted. “It will be hard, I think, to look anywhere and find a medical facility that can provide better care than what this surgical centre will be able to provide.”

Speaking of the equipment, bolstered by an ambitious $12-million fundraising campaign headed up by the Kelowna General Hospi-

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tal Foundation, MacLeod said he was impressed by the dedication of the community to see that objective met.

“I can’t express anything but gratitude to everyone who helped raise dollars for this facility. I only became head of surgery last year but I have attended meetings and fundraising groups and it’s been great to meet people involved in this and admire the time and dollars that have gone into this campaign,” he said.

Along with attracting specialized medical care practitioners, MacLeod noted the UBCO medical school learning experience will also be enhanced by working in such a state-of-the-art facility.

“The students will have hands-on exposure to new technology and techniques for medical care rather than reading about it in books,” MacLeod said, noting those graduating doctors may also be more inclined to stay and work in Kelowna because of that accessible medical care technology.

“It’s going to be very exciting for all of us when the building is officially opened,” he added.

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New cardiac centre prompts renovations elsewhere at Kelowna General Hospital Construction will continue at Kelowna General Hospital even after the Interior Heart and Surgical Centre opens this month.

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nterior Health selected Studart Olson Construcdtion Ltd. as its cone tstruction manager to oversee major ren-ovations of the ex-isting Strathcona e IBuilding at Kelowna -General Hospital.

e According to IH, dthe company will be dresponsible for overtseeing renovations on sthe second floor of the dStrathcona Building e to accommodate six e coronary care unit beds, gplus space for two future eCCU beds, as well as 34

cardiac inpatient beds and associated support spaces. KGH currently has 407 beds.

Upgrades to the mechanical and electrical infrastructure in the building will also be part of the $32-million project. The renovations to the Strathcona Building are part of the overall IHSC project and the money to pay for them is included in the heart centre construction budget.

The second floor of the Strathcona Building is currently home to nine operating rooms that are moving to the new Inte-

rior Heart and Surgical Centre at KGH. This move will open up space in the Strathcona Building to create the 40 single-occupancy inpatient rooms with their own washrooms. Currently these beds are located elsewhere in both the Strathcona and the Royal Buildings at KGH in a mix of four-bed, private and double-occupancy rooms.

The work is expected to be completed in 2017 and will be done in phases to support the new cardiac and surgical operations in the IHSC.

The IHSC just one year ago—snapped from the corner of Rose Avenue and Pandosy Street, shows the structural steel going up for the fourth floor.

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Artis zeego is the first multi-axis system based on robotic technology that can be positioned the way radiologists and surgeons want. With our experience of installations in operating rooms around the world – in vascular, cardiac, cardiovascular, neuro, trauma, and orthopedics surgery – we constructed Artis zeego to overcome the limitations of conventional systems in the OR environment.

It eliminates the need to transfer patients to the OR and shortens the transition from open surgery to imaging as the C-arm moves smoothly and quickly from the park position to the table. Pre- and post-operative imaging can be performed directly in the hybrid room.

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