Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation

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The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation (Health Sciences Foundation) is a not-for-profit organization created to raise funds to support health care in Northwestern Ontario. Donations to the Health Sciences Foundation support new medical equipment, technology and a variety of treatment programs in areas of health care including paediatrics, renal, emergency and others, with all funds remaining in Northwestern Ontario. The Health Science Foundation's mission statement is "To raise funds to support excellence in health care for the people of Northwestern Ontario."

On April 1, 2008, it was combined with the Northern Cancer Research Foundation. [1]

The Health Sciences Foundation supports three specialty funds:

On October 16, 2019, the Health Sciences Foundation announced the launch of its second-largest campaign to date, the Our Hearts at Home Cardivascular Campaign. [2] The program would follow a one-program, two-sites model of care in partnership with University Health Network’s (UHN) Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto. [3]

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References

  1. "Your Patient Journey". Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  2. Dunick, Leith (2019-10-16). "Cardiovascular surgery program launches multi-million dollar campaign". TBNewsWatch. Thunder Bay. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  3. White, Shelley (2016-11-07). "Bringing world-class cardiovascular care to Ontario's northwest". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2021-05-26.