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•T he IF P• H al to n H ill s •T hu rs d ay , F eb ru ar y 27 , 2 01 4 16 GH Expansion Nearing Completion! The expansion and renovation project at Georgetown Hospital (GH) reached many major milestones in 2013. On October 9, 2013 the new Emergency Department opened for patient care and in November the Hospital's first CT scanner began scanning patients. GH continues on its expansion and renovation journey this year. Over the next few months construction in the Hospital's former Emergency Department will continue as the contractors work to transform the space into a new, larger Diagnostic Imaging Department. The renovations will make room to consolidate the bone mineral densitometry and mammography imaging rooms that are currently not located in the department. These changes will also allow the Hospital to address some of the physical limitations within the department including a lack of designated patient change rooms and washrooms. Halton Healthcare Services is looking forward to the project's completion in spring 2014. Georgetown Kia Pledges $35,000 to Hospital Georgetown Kia has pledged $35,000 to Investing in Care - Close to Home, the Georgetown Hospital Campaign. In recognition of their generous pledge, a Triage Room in the new ER will be named in honour of Georgetown Kia. With this gift, the GH Foundation is more than 95 per cent of the way to our campaign goal, but they still have a significant amount to raise -- needing $300,000 in additional pledges. The Foundation still has room naming opportunities available for pledged support of $25,000 or more and looks forward to the successful completion of the hospital expansion this spring. HHS Food Services Awarded Greenbelt Funding HHS' Food Services was awarded a Grant ($107,000) by the Ontario Greenbelt Fund and the Ontario government for its Good for You, Locally Grown Initiative. Thanks to the funding of this innovative project, patients and their families, visitors and staff will be able to enjoy meals and recipes with more locally grown foods in all three of our community hospitals. As part of this funding, HHS has also been asked to develop one of Canada's first local food procurement policies in healthcare and develop initiatives to get more local food into hospital kitchens. HHS will be working in partnership with Gordon Food Services and Signature Culinary Solutions to create delicious menu options made with local foods that can be replicated by other hospitals - such as a line of sandwiches using local deli options. HHS Staff Organ and Tissue Registration Drive! Did you know one organ donor can save up to eight lives? At any given time in Ontario, 1,500 men, women and children are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, but every three days, three of them dies waiting. HHS staff and volunteers are currently participating in the Trillium Gift of Life Network's (TGLN's) organ and tissue donation workplace registration drive initiative. HHS also wants to encourage friends, family and all community members to join us and also participate. Please use this opportunity to discuss organ and tissue donation with your family and share our campaign pagewww.BeADonor.ca/haltonhealthcare with them. All you need to participate is your health card. Sign Up For HHS eNewsletter! The most recent issue of Your Health@HHS eNewsletter was released February 4, 2014. Check it out on at www.haltonhealthcare.com. Sign up today to receive important information on HHS programs, services, health promotion and events. Stay connected! For more information and to subscribe to our eNewsletter, visit www.haltonhealthcare.com. Follow us on On hand for the presentation (l to r) Laurent Thibault, Past Foundation Chair; K.C. Carruthers, Georgetown Hospital Foundation Executive Director.; Christine Ellison, Foundation Committee Volunteer; Rick Bonnette, Mayor of Halton Hills; Tony Garofoli, General Manager of Georgetown Kia and Moe Lalani, Business Consultant with Georgetown Kia. (L to R) Burkhard Mausberg, CEO of the Greenbelt Fund; Jim Robinson, Director of Marketing, Gordon Food Services; Elma Hrapovich, HHS Director of Nutrition and Food Services, and Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn. News aNd INformatIoN from GeorGetowN HospItal feBrUarY 2014