What does preparation look like at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital? Excerpt from an interview with Jodi Janzen, Island Health Area Director for Saanich Peninsula & the Gulf Islands “We’re in the middle of a pandemic currently and we don’t know what’s coming. We have ideas, thoughts and opinions, but we need to be ready for a surge in the hospital and different resource requirements. When I think about us getting ready in the hospital, we need to be ready for anything – a disaster for example. But what we really want to be ready for is to take care of our community. Our main goal is to make sure our community members feel well looked after and we’re able to meet their needs. In regard to pandemic planning, flow has been a big change in the hospital, both for patients and staff, as well as community members coming in. Of course we’re down to essential visiting only. There have been many flow changes in the hospital: we’ve moved our surgical daycare, changed the flow in the emergency department, opened up new areas for high risk vs low risk patients. We have rooms blocked in the in-patient area so we can keep potential covid patients separate. We’ve even had to change where staff take their breaks.
“...what we really want to be ready for is to take care of our community. Our main goal is to make sure our community members feel well looked after and we’re able to meet their needs.” Jodi Janzen
The funds that the campaign will raise will help us with our equipment needs. When we start separating into different areas it creates additional equipment needs. It’s imperative that we get this equipment in order for us to be able to take care of patients in all areas of the hospital. I worry a little bit about the impact on the hospital should a second surge come. Hope is not a strategy but I think we do feel hopeful that we’ll maintain our low numbers and we are prepared and have plans in place to look after our community members.”
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Did you know you can donate AIR MILES to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital & Healthcare Foundation? If you call (250) 652-7531 or email (chryseis. green@sphf.ca) to request one of our AIR MILES cards, you can use it at any of the retailers who give AIR MILES, when you make purchases. All points earned support our fundraising efforts.
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Island Return-It has provided us with a charitable account, so when you drop off returnables, you can just say you want the refund to go to SPHHF.
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AND new this year we now have a Peninsula Co-op account. When filling up at a Co-op Gas Station or buying groceries at a Co-op store you can use our account number: 130700 and we’ll benefit from an annual rebate payment.