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Foundation Report 2013
Hotel Dieu celebrates redevelopment New ambulatory care spaces officially opened
Because of the incredible support of donors to the Together We Can campaign, another major hospital redevelopment project has been officially completed and will result in better care for residents from across our communities. On February 6, Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH) officially unveiled 36,000 square feet of newly-developed clinic space, the culmination of a $20 million redevelopment project that will advance the hospital’s role as a provincial leader in ambulatory health care. “We’re thrilled that we can now make this space available to patients and families,” said Sherri McCullough, Chair of the HDH Board of Directors, as she welcomed hospital leaders, staff, donors and dozens of invited guests in one of the new spaces, the 12,000-square-foot Jeanne Mance 5 clinic. “Look around and you see bright, beautiful new clinical areas that are not only welcoming and supportive
INSIDE Executive Director’s Message
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Chronic Pain Clinic
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Cheque it Out
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Honour a Caregiver
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Generations of Philanthropy
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Founders’ Dinner
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Enhanced Dignity for Patients
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Donna Segal, Board Chair South East Local Health Integration Network and Dr. David Pichora, Chief Executive Officer at HDH.
for patients and their families, but also highly functional and flexible for staff, physicians and learners. You see a setting designed to support the most innovative and excellent practices in ambulatory care.” Started in October 2010, the multi-
million dollar construction project created two floors of clinical suites, procedure rooms for urological testing and treatment, laboratory space for pulmonary function testing, an elevator tower, and renovations to the main lobby and physical plant department. With the completion of the capital redevelopment project, Hotel Dieu is set to receive up to 80 new outpatient clinics that began transferring from Kingston General Hospital (KGH) in mid-February. When the transfer wraps up in mid-March, the hospital will see its patient volumes jump by about 50,000 additional patient visits per year. “We’re grateful for the funding provided by the Ontario government for this project and we owe a special debt of gratitude to each and every donor—big and small—who contributed to it,” said Dr. David Pichora, the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer. Continued on page 7
Message from the UHKF Executive Director lanes and an injection It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new year… for suite at the Hotel Dieu Eye Clinics will soon begin… UHKF! thanks to the generous A new year always brings support of donors who’ve a sense of anticipation taken us much of the way and excitement for the opportunities that will cross toward our $840,000 goal. (Your gift could be the one our paths. As we look out at 2013, we can see all kinds that takes us over the top!) of reasons to be enthusiastic Beginning in February, outpatient clinics from KGH for our Foundation, our Denise Cumming will make the move over donors and our community. to the brand new clinics We have several new staff constructed on Hotel Dieu’s Jeanne members who have joined us recently. They’re going to help us be even more Mance 4 and 5 – because of generous donations from our community. visible and better connected with our Our March 23rd Founders’ Dinner will community through new hospitalbased offices, more online presence, feature Todd Nicholson – a five time and more opportunities for you to get paralympian who will inspire us in our engaged with our hospitals. quest to embrace Canadian winters. The construction of new treatment In May, we’ll launch a new breakfast
speaker series in support of Hotel Dieu, which will feature renowned thinkers addressing the question of leadership. We’ve begun planning for our September 28th Black Tie Evening which will mark both the 175th anniversary of KGH and the 30th anniversary of this annual gala. And before the end of this year, we expect that the contract for the construction of the new Providence Care Hospital will be awarded – a dream come true after many, many years of waiting – also made possible through the generosity of donors. We will look forward to celebrating each of these milestones with you… because of you! Here’s to a great 2013!
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Chronic pain clinic helping patients “live” again
New approach to care puts patients first Because of the generous support of donors like you, Kingston’s hospitals can provide some very specialized care that makes a huge difference in the lives of people in our community. Take Fran Denby as an example. She was unable to stand for more than 10 seconds without experiencing “extreme nauseating” pain. This once optimistic woman who enjoyed life to the fullest was now always tired, yet could not sleep. She said she felt hopeless and afraid. “Unless you experience severe chronic pain, it is hard to imagine how it will affect your life,” she told donors at the February 4th Bell Luncheon. “You think about what you can’t do, not about what you can do. You lose your sense of worth and depression is a constant battle.” Thankfully, she was able to receive treatment at the chronic pain clinic at Hotel Dieu Hospital. Seven weeks later, her life has changed dramatically. Fran described the difference as “profound,” noting, “I’m optimistic and positive again. I realize that for the first time in a long time, I’m anticipating the future rather than dreading it. I have my life back.” Pain is the number one reason people seek help from a health-care professional, noted Dr. Scott Duggan, an anesthesiologist working in the clinic. Close to 30 per cent of Canadians deal
Karen Mastin with Nurse Practitioner Rosemary Wilson at the February 4, 2013 “Excellence in Ambulatory Care” Bell Luncheon.
with chronic pain on a regular basis and of that 30 per cent, one-in-five have moderate to severe pain and one-inthree are unable to maintain a regular lifestyle. Patients are referred to the clinic by physicians. “Our goal is to improve quality of life. We hope to decrease pain and improve functional ability,” Dr. Duggan said. That often involves reviewing medications and in many cases, decreasing opiates that may have worked at one time for the patient but may actually make the feel worse. Chronic pain robs people of their dignity, places a burden on families and friends and the health-care system. With proper treatment for patients, the
chronic pain clinic aims at helping reduce the number of visits to emergency rooms and to family health clinics. Nurse Practitioner Rosemary Wilson is hopeful the clinic will be able to expand soon and is looking forward to working collaboratively with even more health disciplines such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology. Patient Karen Mastin has worked with the chronic pain team for eight years. “The chronic pain is something that is really terrible, but with [the team’s] help, I have come through it very well,” she said. “I want to you know how wonderful it is to have a pain clinic to help people like me, living with cancer for 17 years.”
Did you know? We have 3 satellite offices with one located at each of our benefiting organizations. You can visit any of our Associate Directors of Major Gifts at the following locations: Nancy Druick - Sydenham 2 Room Rm S2-003-0 at Hotel Dieu Hospital Margaret Miller - Empire 2 Room 3-263 at Kingston General Hospital Michelle Hauser - Room 1-2057 at Providence Manor Stop by anytime to ask questions about the foundation, projects, or to donate.
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“Cheque” it out! Representatives from the National Bank Financial Group wanted to start the first holiday season at their new branch location with a bang. The sole Kingston location donated $2,500 to Child Life services at Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. Regional Manager, Ontario East JeanLouis Rioux travelled from Ottawa for the special cheque presentation. The branch hopes to continue its corporate giving locally and expressed an interest in learning more about the expansion plans for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at KGH.
Patient care at Kingston General Hospital received a boost of $55,000 to be used for the purchase of medication safety EntryPoint & PatientOrderSets thanks to Leo Pharma Inc. On January 23, 2013, Leo Pharma presented a cheque at a special ceremony in Watkins 1 of KGH. We are very grateful for this donation and partnership.
The Limestone District School Board’s Theatre. Complete Focus Program at Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute recently wrote and performed a holiday production that was titled Sigh, and Say Goodbye…A Kids’ Mis-Carol. The performance was for one night only on December 6 at Memorial Hall, with admission by donation to UHKF in support of Child Life services at Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital. The event raised a grand total of $865. UHKF is looking forward to working with next year’s group on whichever performance they dream of next.
Reena Acharya, Owner/Associate with Shoppers Drug Mart (Centennial Drive), a number of store owners and Leaf Captains from the area presented UHKF with a cheque for over $23,000 - proceeds from last October’s Tree of Life campaign. This money is helping to support women’s health in our hospitals. Shoppers is also very supportive of the Women’s Giving Circle.
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Say thank you by honouring a caregiver For healthcare workers, there’s nothing quite as rewarding as hearing that you’ve made a difference in someone else’s life. That’s been the idea behind the ‘Honour a Caregiver’ program since it was first launched by University Hospitals Kingston Foundation (UHKF) in 2009. Recently, UHKF has freshened up the look of the program and is making sure staff members across Kingston’s hospitals are aware of this exciting campaign. The goal is to ensure as many patients and their families know there is a meaningful way to express gratitude to a hospital staff member, volunteer or team who provided excellent patient care. Once a donation has been made, the ‘honoured’ staff member is notified that a gift has been made in their
honour and they are provided with a certificate that can be displayed. Dr. Darrin Payne and the Cardiac Surgery Team at Kingston General Hospital were recent ‘Honour a Caregiver’ recipients.
Dr. Darrin Payne
“It is very rewarding when a patient or their family acknowledges our work,” says Payne. “But more than that, their donation contributes to our ability to care for someone else. What
a fantastic way to both pay it back and pay it forward.” Here are a few other comments that have been received, along with a donation to help strengthen care in our hospitals in the future: “Gift to be used to support your Hotel Dieu Eye Clinic. Hopefully, this will also provide you some much deserved recognition. Once again, thank you for your outstanding care.” “Thank you for the wonderful care and support from you wonderful nurses. God bless all of you at St. Mary’s. [Patient’s name] has come a long way and hope to have him home soon. Thank you so much.” “Thanks for giving me my life back.” For more information on the Honour A Caregiver program, call us at (613) 549-5452 or visit www.uhkf.ca
From playing tennis to quadruple bypass surgery Rosemary McGowan lives an active life, playing tennis with her friends in the summertime and walking around her neighbourhood. There was very little indication that she would soon need the specialized cardiac services available in Kingston. From time-to-time, she may get a little winded, but as she says, “I think a 75-year old woman who runs from one side of the court to the other to retrieve a ball is entitled to be a little breathless.” Her breathing would return to normal quickly, so the Brockville area woman did not think much more about it, until she took a walk one afternoon to deliver some notes to friends in her complex. “Suddenly my lungs were burning and I thought, ‘Oh, I can’t walk that quickly.’ I sort of strolled home. The minute I stopped walking, I
sat down and it went away,” she says. Thankfully, she mentioned the event to her family physician, who suggested that perhaps she had some angina. Her doctor ordered a stress test which resulted in her being sent to Kingston for an angiogram. Given that Rosemary is fit and leads an active life, she says everyone was surprised at the result of her angiogram. She was soon under the care of Dr. Malik, Dr. Payne and the wonderful cardiac surgery program at Kingston General Hospital where she would undergo a quadruple bypass. Borrowing a line from one of her friends, Rosemary says, “I never met a grouch. There was never a nurse or anyone who attended to me who was short or not fully committed. They were all friendly, kind and knowledgeable.”
Her husband of 51 years agrees, noting that the staff ’s calm demeanor helps patients and family members through a very intimidating time. “You have the sense that you are working with trained professionals who know what they are doing and who care about you,” he says. The McGowans made a donation to UHKF in recognition of the care they had received. “We live in Brockville. It takes less than an hour to get to Kingston, so geographically, we are blessed to have our own hospital here, but to also have a huge cancer centre and teaching hospital. We are lucky to be living so close. We’re very protective of our hospital here and we value it – and we’re beginning to feel the same about KGH.”
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Generations of Philanthropy
Robinson Foundation pledges $150,000 For years, the Robinson family has been a leader in philanthropy in Kingston. Dr. Samuel S. Robinson, a local general practitioner, began the culture of giving many years ago, and through a charitable foundation his work has continued. On December 19, 2012, Dr. Robinson’s nephew Michael Robinson, a current trustee on the Robinson Foundation board, announced a $150,000 pledge over five years to the University Hospitals Kingston Foundation, to be split equally between the ophthalmology expansion at Hotel Dieu Hospital and creation of a Clinical Investigation Unit (CIU) at Kingston General Hospital (KGH). The Robinson Foundation gift is kick-starting the fundraising campaign for the CIU that “will really provide patients with access to the type of research studies we’ve not been able to carry out in Kingston before,” noted Dr. Roger Deeley, Vice-President of Health Sciences Research at KGH. In announcing the pledge, Michael Robinson noted selling points for the CIU were that it will “provide more access to promising new advances in
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University Hospitals Kingston Foundation Board Member Bittu George (left) thanks Michael Robinson, (second from left) a trustee with the Dr. Samuel S. Robinson Foundation, for their pledge. Micheal is also thanked by (l-r) Vice President of Health Sciences Research at Kingston General Hospital Dr. Roger Deeley, head of Ophthalmology at Hotel Dieu Hospital Dr. Martin ten Hove and Diane Shire, program manager of Ophthalmology at Hotel Dieu.
treatments” and also “enhance our ability to recruit exceptional physicians to Kingston and to keep them here.” The pledge has helped bring the ophthalmology expansion closer to its $840,000 goal and will result in a much-needed expansion of the clinic that provides 75,000 patient visits every year. “We work hard at providing
top quality, world-class eye care,” said Dr. Martin ten Hove, head of the Ophthalmology program, noting the need for the expansion. Construction is expected to begin in the next few weeks. “We are delighted to champion research and patient care in Kingston’s hospitals,” Michael Robinson said.
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New ambulatory care spaces officially opened (cont..) From Page 1
of Hotel Dieu to be able to access this tremendous new space and the services provided there,” said Donna Segal, Board Chair, South East Local Health Integration Network. “Congratulations to the hospital for
• new pediatric inpatient unit • new kidney dialysis unit “Close to $6 million of the funding • new medical/oncology inpatient for this project came through unit community donations raised through • expanded intensive care unit the University Hospitals Kingston • expanded central processing unit Foundation’s Together We Can • new inpatient acute mental health campaign. As such, our new clinical unit space is truly a community asset— • expanded Cancer Centre of built with and for our patients and Southeastern Ontario families.” Providence Care’s redevelopment “This is a wonderful day for the team released the Request for Kingston community,” said David Proposal for the new Providence Care Bonham, a former member of the Hospital in December 2012. Board of Directors of the University The new hospital in Kingston will Hospitals Kingston Foundation. provide a 270-bed state-of-the-art “Opening these new facilities at Hotel care environment for patients and Dieu is a dream that has finally come clients across Southeastern Ontario, true. It is encouraging to know that and a modern, improved work good things can still happen, even in Sherri McCullough, chair of Hotel Dieu environment for physicians, staff difficult times.” Hospital Board of Directors during the and volunteers. The redevelopment “The consolidation of new clinics, opening of the clinic space. will bring together Providence Care’s labs and procedure rooms under one developing this facility, which will rehabilitation, complex continuing roof at Hotel Dieu is great news for care, specialized geriatrics, palliative Kingstonians and for our region. This surely transform their capacity to deliver the right health care in the care and mental health programs that translates into greater convenience right place at the right time—for are currently located at St. Mary’s of and comfort for patients and their today and into the future. ” the Lake Hospital and Mental Health families. For caregivers, the new space The KGH redevelopment project Services buildings. It is anticipated will provide an environment geared was completed in April 2012, and that construction will begin in spring to facilitating the highest level of safe 2014 with an official opening in 2017. and efficient patient care, teaching and was celebrated along with the official opening of the new Cancer Centre of A video of the opening celebration research,” said John Gerretsen, MPP, Southeastern Ontario at KGH. at Hotel Dieu is available at www. Kingston and The Islands. In all, the KGH project included: youtube.com/UHKFdn . “How wonderful for the patients
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Rose of Hope golf tournament continues giving tradition
Enhanced dignity for cancer patients People fighting cancer who have difficulty getting onto and off of examination tables for their treatment may now benefit from the addition of some specialized beds that were purchased through proceeds from the 14th Annual Rose of Hope Golf Tournament. The annual event that is held in support of the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston General Hospital is organized by a dedicated group of people from the Cataraqui Golf and Country Club. Participants to the tournament come dressed in head-to-toe pink and even the golf carts are decked out with feather boas and pink bows. A flash mob popped up before the event started to pump everyone up. This year’s tournament raised $95,000 for the purchase of the hi-lo specialized beds. Event co-chairs Jean Wilson and Karen Sutherland announced this year’s proceeds - and the fact that more than $1 million has been raised through the tournament’s 14-year history – at a special presentation held at the Cancer Centre in early December. “I am very passionate about these beds
Karen Sutherland (left) and Jean Wilson (right) and members of the Rose of Hope organizing Committee celebrate the purchase of hi-lo specialized beds with their donation.
because they make the lives or visits of our patients coming into the centre so much better,” said Kelly Bodie, manager of ambulatory oncology at Kingston General Hospital. “It gives the patients dignity and comfort when they can come into our centre and not have to be assisted and for us not to cause more pain to get them up onto a high bed.” As for the tournament, “the idea started as an idea by a group of women at Cataraqui to raise some money for breast cancer,” said Jean Wilson cochair of the 2012 committee. “From
that it has grown into this wonderful event and we keep wondering how many more years it can last. But, each year seems to be as good as the last – or a little bit better.” “The fun that we have doing it each year is really what makes it happen each year.” The Rose of Hope organizing committee won the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award in November from the Southeastern Ontario chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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