Another boost has been provided toward a campaign aimed at improving cardiac care in southern Alberta.
The Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation and Cardiac Sciences Advisory Cabinet have announced a $1,000,000 donation from an anonymous family.
“Their charitable gesture is compelling evidence of community desire to have enhanced cardiac care much closer to home,” says CRH Foundation CEO Crystal Elliott.
The proposed Cardiac Centre of Excellence will help improve care at Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge and in Medicine Hat.
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Planned improvements include a new catheterization lab, electrophysiology lab, two echocardiography labs, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, and computed tomography scanners, as well as many new cardiac ICU beds that officials say will ease pressure off existing ICU wards.
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The fundraising initiative, called the ‘Bringing Hearts Home Campaign’, started in September 2024 and is on until February 2027. The goal is to raise $30 million.
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The CRH Foundation says cardiac health issues are the top killer of southern Albertans, with mortality rates being 26.6 per cent higher in this part of Alberta compared with the rest of the province. Officials add the rate of heart attacks is 15.5 per cent higher in southern Alberta than the Alberta average.
