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Full day of fun ‘fore’ Picton Hospital Foundation
A few tickets are still available for a day of fun, golf, prizes, auction and dinner as Picton Home Hardware Building Centre will host its third annual event Saturday, June 26 at the Picton Golf and Country Club. The fundraiser for the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation is a shotgun start at 1 p.m. […]
Omnicell helps distribute drugs safely
Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital’s newly expanded and renovated Emergency Department is a state-of-the-art facility, and thanks to the continued support of the community, the PECMH Foundation purchased an Omnicell for the emergency department. Omnicell is a trade name for an automated drug distribution cabinet. This cabinet allows for medications to be readily available for […]
QHC Picton declares outbreak of staph infection
Quinte Health Care has declared an outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) at the Picton hospital site – however, the affected are not ill. MRSA is a strain of staphylococcus, or staph, that’s resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Staph bacteria are normally found on the skin or in the nose […]
PECMH Auxiliary completes Imagine pledge
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presents Herb Stone, director on the Imagine Campaign with its final installment of a $250,000 pledge. Mr. Stone congratulated the volunteers for their ongoing commitment to the Imagine Campaign which launched in April 2006. The campaign’s goal was to purchase a new MRI, CT Scanner and PACS System […]
Historically significant drawing donated
A pen and ink drawing of the old Picton Hospital (now Picton Manor Nursing Home) by Ruby Young, 83, was presented by Fran Renoy, right, to Lisa Mowbray, patient services manager at Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital. The hospital auxiliary commissioned Paulette Greer, of SideStreet Gallery in Wellington, to frame the drawing and it will […]
Auxiliary has raised more than $1.7M for hospital
The Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presented the hospital foundation with $25,000 during its annual general meeting Wednesday, May 19. Don Stanton, president of the Foundation was on hand to accept the cheque from auxiliary president, Susan Law. “It is with sincere appreciation that the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation Board of Directors […]
Blue Phantom helps caregivers to see more
The continued generosity of Prince Edward County residents has allowed the Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation to purchase a Blue Phantom Ultrasound Training Model for the physicians and nursing staff at Picton Hospital. This training tool will help doctors and clinicians develop, practice and maintain the skills necessary to use ultrasound for guiding ultrasound […]
