All Entries Tagged With: "PECMH"
Cherry Valley WI gives sweet thanks to first responders
In celebration of the 120th anniversary of Women’s Institutes, Cherry Valley WI members delivered dozens of cookies to first responders in Prince Edward County. Members Maureen Finnegan, Jean Burrows, Elaine Marshall, Dini Kempenaar and Lynda Westervelt also delivered $120 to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation’s Communicatons Co-ordinator Briar Boyce. The local branch of […]
Zumbathon raises heart rates for cardiac equipment
More than three dozen women raised their heart rates and money for medical equipment at the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. The third annual Zumbathon dance fitness fundraiser held Saturday at the Community Centre in Picton raised $1,749.01 toward an ECG machine and vital signs monitors for the County hospital. Medical equipment is not funded […]
$3,000 donation a boost for hospital auxiliary efforts
Loch Sloy’s Jacqui Burley and Steven Everall presented $3,000 to the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. Loch Sloy Holdings is home to the Picton Airport and flying club, the Central Region Gliding School and many business tenants. Led and staffed entirely by volunteers, the Auxiliary functions both within the hospital and in the larger […]
Minor changes expected at County’s hospital
The County’s hospital is expected to be spared in Quinte Health Care’s proposal released Wednesday to issue 39 layoff notices for union positions from among the four hospitals. Prince Edward County Mayor Robert Quaiff was told proposed changes do not involve any immediate plans to eliminate beds or services at PECMH. “We have been reassured […]
Donation helps pay for cardiac equipment at County’s hospital
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation received $6,000 from the Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Command, Ladies Auxiliaries Charitable Foundation. This donation will offset the recent purchase of telemetry equipment, used for cardiac monitoring, at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Having up-to-date cardiac monitoring equipment allows the physicians and medical staff at the hospital to […]
QHC gains $3.5 million in one-time funding
Changes are still on the way to all four of Quinte Healthcare’s hospitals, but due to $3.5 million in one-time funding, all the hospitals will remain open with 24-hour emergency rooms. Lou Rinaldi, MPP for Northumberland Quinte West, made the announcement Friday morning in Trenton, where rumours swirled that its hospital would close, or its […]
Standing room only to hear hospital’s good, bad and uncertain
A standing-room only crowd filled the Picton Legion hall Thursday night to hear news about the plight of Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. Prince Edward Hastings MPP Todd Smith shared the good news that the hospital will receive “Small and Rural Hospital Funding” by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care after being denied twice. […]
Second Time Around shop co-workers celebrate Gene Plummer’s 100th birthday
Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary members topped off the holiday season with festive 100th birthday congratulations to Gene Plummer, who works in the Auxiliary’s Second Time Around Shop. In the photo, from beside the Christmas tree, Laura McAuley, Flo McWilliams, Rebecca MacKellar, Charlotte Harrott, birthday girl Gene Plummer, Johnathon Harcourt and Peggy Payne, auxiliary […]
Hospital Auxiliary CHEERS! CIBC
CHEERS! from the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary to the CIBC for a donation of $500. The CIBC’s Beth McConnell presented the funds to the PECMH Auxiliary President, Fran Donaldson. Dorothy Speirs-Vincent photo
Go On Air for Health Care
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation, together with Trenton Memorial Hospital Foundation and Belleville General Hospital Foundation will host a second annual ‘On Air For Health Care’ radio-a-thon Wednesday, June 1 – live from the Bay of Quinte Golf Club. Listen in to any radio station in the Quinte region between 6 a.m. and […]
