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•T he IF P• H al to n H ill s •T hu rs da y, M ay 3 0, 2 01 3 2 NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM GEORGETOWN HOSPITAL MAY 2013 Expansion Update Mammography at HHS Community Cycling Challenge Benefits the Hospital The Diagnostic Imaging Department (DI) expansion at Georgetown Hospital will improve the care experience for patients and provide staff and physicians with a larger, more modern work environment. The expansion of the DI Department will include built space to allow for the installation of GH's first Computed Tomography (CT) scanner - ensuring residents of Halton Hills have access to this essential service, close to home. Construction of the Emergency Department addition, currently underway, will be followed by the installation and start-up of the new CT scanner. Renovations inside the building, required to expand the Hospital's DI Department, will begin following relocation of the Emergency Department to its new space. GHVA Donates $50,000 to the Hospital Foundation GHVA Raffle Winners The Georgetown Hospital Volunteer Association (GHVA) celebrated their accomplishments at their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, May 15th. Halton Healthcare Services would like to thank our GHVA volunteers for their time, energy and commitment to the patients and staff at Georgetown Hospital, as well as their fundraising efforts. This year the GHVA contributed $50,000 to the Georgetown Hospital Foundation. This was their third instalment of $50,000 towards their five year $250,000 pledge to the capital fundraising campaign for the Georgetown Hospital Emergency and Diagnostic Imaging Departments expansion and renovation project. Thank you! Saddle up, Georgetown! Have you purchased your tickets to the Georgetown Hospital's most anticipated event? On Friday June 7, cowboys and cowgirls from all over Halton Hills will saddle up for a night of fun and fundraising in support of the Georgetown Hospital. The Hoedown includes live music featuring the Larry Melton Band & The Rolly Rockers and the Hemi Heads. The Hoedown will take place at Nashville North. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $50 each or $25 for anyone under the age of 25. Tickets include one drink ticket (provided by Nashville North) and one dinner ticket for a delicious signature slider dish provided by Georgetown's own Ed Lovelock and Elaine Monroe, owners of The Briskit in Brampton. You can purchase your tickets online at www.georgetownhospitalfoundation.ca or by calling Jackie Fox at 905-873-0111, ext. 8220. Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) Hospitals currently use the recommended mammography technologies that were identified by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) as being the most effective in detecting breast cancer. HHS' Georgetown Hospital uses Screen Film technology. That means that the image is captured within a cassette using mammographic film. The film is then processed much like a film camera to make a negative. Georgetown Hospital's Diagnostic Imaging Department is also affiliated with the Ontario Breast Screening Program and must report monthly to ensure quality assurance. Screen Film technology has been identified by CCO as being one of the most effective mammography technologies for detecting cancer. HHS communities can be assured that all our Hospitals provide quality mammograms. To book an appointment at Georgetown Hospital, please call 905-873-4596. Halton Hills is being challenged to cycle 200,000 km this summer! Everyone regardless of age should be encouraged to jump on their bikes and ride, ride, ride! Sign up for the Halton Hills Community Cycling Challenge by going to www.bikechallenge.ca and log your kilometers. It's easy and fun for the whole family. You can watch the total grow in real time as you and others add kilometres to the Town's total. As an added incentive, once the town hits 100,000 km, Canadian Tire will donate $20,000 to the Georgetown Hospital Foundation! And when 200,000 km is reached, The Peter Gilgan Foundation/ Mattamy Homes will donate another $20,000 to the Hospital! This is a great way to be active, help the community reach an amazing fundraising goal and contribute to the Georgetown Hospital Capital Campaign - it's a win, win, win! The Halton Hills Community Cycling Challenge is a project of the Halton Hills Bicycle Friendly Community Committee. For more information on summer cycling events, log on to www.haltonhills.ca/community/CycleProgram. php. For questions, comments or to help with any of these events please email hhcycling@haltonhills.ca. Sign up today, and let's reach our fundraising goal for Georgetown Hospital! Congratulations to our Georgetown Hospital Volunteer Association (GHVA) raffle winners! First Prize: Queen Size Pillow Quilt, donated by H. Battison. Winner - Paige Dillon Second Prize: Baby China Doll, donated by E. Taylor. Winner - Karin Graham Please Join Us! Halton Healthcare Services Corporation Annual General Meeting Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:00 p.m. Oakville Conference Centre 2515 Wyecroft Road, Oakville Audited Financial Statements will be available at the meeting and posted on the HHS website following the AGM. For further information, please contact the Board Liaison at 905-815-5114. www.haltonhealthcare.com. (l-r) K.C. Carruthers, Executive Director, Georgetown Hospital Foundation; Marie Carney, GHVA President; Carole Hunt, GHVA Treasure; John Oliver, HHS President & CEO and Laurent Thibault, Board Chair, Georgetown Hospital Foundation. GHVA President Marie Carney and raffle winner, Karin Graham. Ten year old Paige Dillon with (l-r) her mother Tanya, H. Battison, and GHVA President Marie Carney. (l-r) Colleen Peters, Board Member, Georgetown Hospital Foundation (GHF); Hospital mascot Harvey, the Iguana; Jackie Fox, Annual Giving and Special Events Co- ordinator, GHF; and Shelley Phipps, Board Member, GHF.