The Rimbey Hospital Legacy Committee received a donation of $500 from the Bluffton 4-H, which will go toward their greatest needs at the Rimbey Hospital.
“They pick a group to donate to every year and we’ve been blessed to be the recipient of that for a few years,” said Chairman of the Rimbey Hospital Legacy Committee Patrick Rurka.
Rurka said it gives them the opportunity to put the money into a specific area, so when people donate to the Hospital Care Centre, they can choose between acute care, long term care, palliative care or emergency, where they want their money to go.
The money can also go toward their big project for the year or whatever the greatest need is at that moment.
“We’re super blessed to have that come through. We’ve had a good season this far and we’re just embarking on our next big opportunities,” he said.
One of the things they will be using the money toward is a number of blanket warmers along with blanket fluid warmers.
The larger of the two things will be trying to raise money to replace the patient cardiac monitoring system.
“The system is coming to the end of its life, so it’s time to upgrade it and get new computer software and new hardware to upgrade to the newest equipment that’s available. It then makes it much easier for the doctors to do their job to get the most up to date information data, so that at that point they can decide whether the patient is able stay in Rimbey or whether they need to be moved somewhere else.”
The Rimbey Hospital Legacy Committee helps to determine how and where to allocate donations that come into the Rimbey Hospital and listen to the staff of Alberta Health Services to determine the areas of greatest needs.
Rurka said their next capital project goal is to raise about $200,000 for new heart monitors.