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8 ·The IFP· Halton Hills ·Tuesday, April 17, 2012 HEALTHY LIVING Hospital staff and doctors have contributed $335,000 to the Campaign for Georgetown Hospital. The fundraising has now surpassed the halfway point. Photo by Eamonn Maher Hospital staff, doctors donate $335,000 to expansion/reno campaign By EAMONN MAHER Staff Writer Doctors and staff members at the Georgetown Hospital have put their money where their jobs are with respect to further expansion at the Princess Anne Dr. facility. The healthcare team last week made a donation of $335,000 to the Campaign for the Georgetown Hospital in a strong demonstration of support for the fundraising campaign, which has surpassed the halfway mark of its $5-million goal. "They certainly see the need firsthand," said Shirley Andrechek, manager of the emergency department. "We outgrew our space probably about 10 years ago, so it can't come too soon." The funds will go towards the $12.2-million Georgetown Hospital expansion and renovation. Planned is a new 14,000-sq.-ft. expansion of the hospital that will serve as the new home for the Emergency Department-- doubling the size of the existing one. As well, a portion of the existing hospital will be renovated to allow the consolidation of the Diagnostics Imaging Department into one large area. Bridging the two areas will be the Marg and Fred Helson CT Scanner Suite, housing Halton Hills' first-ever CT scanner. Last year, the Helsons donated $1 million to this project. "Right now we're working with about 10 stretcher spaces and this will more than double our capacity," added Andrechek. "It will certainly help the flow of patients and the number of people waiting to be seen. It's also going to be a much nicer space and will really help with some of our key rooms like trauma recess, because right now we're looking at a space that is very tiny and cramped." Last week's donation was the third-largest one-time contribution made to the Hospital Foundation. 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