Thanks to our loyal supporters who continue to hold CHEO in their hearts, CHEO is able to provide exceptional care for the children and youth in our region. Here are just a few examples of equipment and programs that were made possible thanks to donor dollars.

 

CT Scanner Transforms Patient Care

Thanks to tremendous donor support, CHEO was able to purchase a CT scanner which is already having a positive impact on patient care. Now when patients from babies to teenagers are sent for imaging, doctors can obtain higher resolution pictures, in less time, while exposing patients to far less radiation.

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Catheterization Lab and Interventional Suite

CHEO is now working on an upgraded catheterization lab and interventional suite to improve cardiac care. This work was made possible by the merging of enthusiastic corporate sponsorship and community spirit. In August 2017 the CP Women’s Open LPGA event at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club hosted the world’s best women golfers.

Thanks to the matching program the CHEO community was able to double their pledges and raise $2 million. The improved suite will offer incredible benefits to patients. Doctors will now be working with higher quality images which help them perform procedures like biopsies, heart surgeries and other delicate procedures. When surgeries are required, the catheterization lab and interventional suite will allow CHEO surgeons to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures where possible, in turn reducing patient discomfort as well as reducing the amount of time spent recovering in hospital.

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Mental Health Services

Access to service is the top mental health care need and it is essential that CHEO be properly equipped to support patients. Of the 3,100 visits from children and youth in need of mental health care, 79 percent of those patients presented with suicidal thoughts or behaviours.

Thanks to our dedicated donors we are strengthening CHEO’s mental health services – improving emergency care, seeing kids more quickly and matching them with the right care at the right time through some innovative programs.

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Neonatal Transport Incubator

Another event that triggered community support was The Mike Weir Miracle Golf Drive for Kids in September of 2017. After hitting the $400,000 fundraising goal, CHEO was able to purchase a neonatal transport incubator. The incubator is an infant and pediatric transport system necessary for CHEO’s expert Neonatal Transport Team and paramedics to ensure complete life support when the most fragile patients are in transit. Last year, 530 infants were transported within one of two existing incubators, which are now 30 years old. Donor dollars made this happen.

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Upcoming CHEO Events

There are so many different events that happen in support of CHEO and for that we are most grateful. Please check out our special events calendar so you can join us and help make a difference. Feel free to become involved as a volunteer or organize your own event.

Jamboree for CHEO

Anne Marie and the Country Pals – Jamboree for CHEO Sunday, April 7, 2024 – 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Royal…

Maddy’s Gala

Please join us for Maddy’s 15th Annual Gala. An evening that will pull at your heart strings where our mission…