Southlake - Your Donations at Work

Your Donations at Work

Whether you are a longtime supporter of Southlake, or someone considering a donation or an observer of healthcare in this region, it is difficult not to be impressed by the vision and generosity of a community that has helped transform Southlake to a Canadian healthcare leader at a time when many other hospitals have been struggling just to balance budgets.

Looking at the past five years, here are some examples of developments at Southlake that would not have been possible without community support:

Building the Regional Cancer Program
With the help of a very generous community, the Regional Cancer Program is ready to provide advanced comprehensive cancer care including radiation treatment, available for the first time to residents of this region. The most ambitious fundraising goal in the Hospital’s history - $60 million – is within sight, thanks to individuals, businesses, community groups, schools and friends of Southlake. Their support will transform the delivery of cancer care for our region.

Learn more about the Regional Cancer Program, or how you can support the “Southlake…count on me campaign”.

Equipping of the Regional Cardiac Program
Among a long list of advanced equipment, community support helped to purchase software to perform critical cardiac evaluations with the use of a 64-slice CT scanner as well as equipment which makes Southlake one of only a few hospitals in Canada to perform a highly specialized minimally invasive procedure to remove cardiac leads from a patient’s heart.

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
With the help of our community, we were able to enhance the state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which now provides support for some of the most critically ill newborns in the region.

Expansion of the CT Suite and purchase of addition CT scanner
With the generous support of donors, Southlake was able to expand the CT suite and purchase a new CT scanner which can scan a total body in less than 10 seconds and perform some specialized cardiac and cancer diagnostics only performed at a few Canadian hospitals.

Whipper Watson Therapeutic Pool
With no government support, the community raised $1.8 million to renovate and upgrade the Pool, allowing hundreds of children and adults to benefit from the therapeutic advantages of the warm water.