Annual Campaign

Annual Campaign 2011

Lakeshore General Hospital. Chosen as your #1 community hospital by people just like you!

This year, the Lakeshore General Hospital (LGH) Foundation is thrilled to announce that in comparison with other local hospitals, the Lakeshore General Hospital successfully treated far more patients in crucial area like emergency, surgery, and ambulatory care.

Between April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2011, the LGH served over 110,000 patients:

Admissions: 8438
Emergency Room Visits: 41948
Births: 1551
Surgeries: 7898
Ambulatory Care Visits: 52,226

Our campaign image this year is a composite #1, made up of the smiling faces of real LGH patients and staff members. Their faces remind us of the important role that every patient, every member of this community, plays in the life of our community hospital.

We are proud of our hospital and grateful for your confidence. We need your to support to continue to be #1! Invest in quality health care where you need it the most.

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Annual Campaign 2010: Great Things are Happening at the Lakeshore

The LGH Foundation is excited to launch its Annual Campaign in October, 2010. This year's campaign, entitled Great Things are Happening at the Lakeshore, focuses on the Lakeshore's role in the West Island community based on patient testimonials. In the manner of the last three campaigns, the Foundation's word will be spread through a variety of media outlets.

Behind every letter of gratitude are caring donors who support your community hospital, for example:

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Brenda O’Farrell, Montreal, QC:

Entering the hospital world is a scary adventure, especially for someone who is a big chicken when it comes to all things medical.

You always read stories about how our health-care system doesn’t work, is under funded, how people face incredible waiting times.

But from my experience, our system here in the West Island is a well-oiled machine. From the moment I discovered I had a medical “situation,” I also discovered a whole new appreciation for the people who make the Lakeshore General tick. When you get up close and personal, it’s impressive.

The system works. The professionals who make it run care. And they treat people really well.

Perhaps I shouldn’t be so surprised. But at every turn – from undergoing tests, to diagnosis, to meeting my surgeon, to scheduling the pre-op screening – every part of the procedure happened without a hitch.

This does not happen because no one cares.

First, I would like to thank my physician, Dr. Elizabeth Cosulich. When my first test results landed on her desk at her office in the SouthWest One complex, she called me. I didn’t have to wait. There was no delay. She got the ball rolling. Her professionalism and compassion is very much appreciated.

The next stop was the Brunswick Medical Clinic, where I met with my surgeon, Dr. Yvonne Vasilie. Options were spelled out and decisions had to be made. It was all a little more than I was ready to hear. It was happening very quickly. But that was not a problem. Dr. Vasilie, who had just fit me into her schedule, offered another appointment the very next day.

I was given time to catch my breath and think about the next step.

The next day, Dr. Vasilie sat with me so we could decide on the next step. You never read about that in a news story.

And everyone along the way – the people who take the blood tests, the technicians who hook you up to those machines that measure your heart’s electrical impulses – they all had a smile on their face and patiently answered all the questions thrown their way.

By the time I walked into the hospital yesterday, I felt I was being taken care of. It’s a comforting feeling at a time when you are vulnerable. It might not be that way at all hospitals. But it is at the Lakeshore.

Brenda O’Farrell

Iraj Beheshti. Kirkland, QC:

My first encounter was at the Hospital's emergency ward about 21 months ago, where I had accidentally used my forefinger to remove derbies from a running lawnmower machine. My finger was nearly severed and upon entering the emergency ward, the staff immediately followed the necessary procedure for the doctor to operate on the smashed finger. The doctor was a young female residence who after examining the injury, took her time and operated on the finger. I was in the hospital for total of four hours. The week after a plastic surgeon at the hospital examined me and she was satisfied with the progress. I had to leave the country afterwards and after returning I took an appointment with a hand specialist at the Montreal General Hospital. The specialist's assessment was that the operation by the resident doctor at the Lakeshore Hospital's Emergency Room was excellent and it was as if a hand specialist surgeon had attended the injury, and therefore I did not need any further corrective surgery on my hand. I really appreciate the care and professionalism of the staff and the doctor at the emergency ward who took care of my injury in a manner that I did not need any further operations on my finger.

My second experience took place about 16 months ago when, my daughter gave birth to her fist baby. She had to have cesarian section. Besides the staff's great demeanour and kindness towards my daughter and her anxieties, they allowed me go to the operating room with her. The doctors and nurses in the operating room were extremely careful and patient with my daughter, and during the entire procedure, I observed that they were at their utmost attention and care for the patient. Their coordination, alertness, agility, cooperation and team work was unprecedented, in my life long experience working in the industry. The care given after the birth of the baby to my daughter and the baby was excellent, almost every hour a nurse was there to answer questions and help my daughter. My daughter received personal calls from the nurses and her doctor for two weeks afterwards, providing support and giving confidence to a young mother and her entire family. We appreciate and thank all the staff at the hospital for their care and kindness to our family. lakeshore Hospital, in our experience, ranks on top ten hospitals we have seen and used during our 30 years stay in the US and Canada.

I thank you for the opportunity to express my experience and please feel free to share this letter with others.

Kind regards

Iraj Beheshti

Jacques-Ernest Boucher, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC:

On Dec. 10th, I suffered a heart attack at Fairview & to make a long story short, the [Lakeshore] made sure that I would be around this Christmas to enjoy my children & grandchildren.

We may & do complain about our Health system, but let me tell you that once you are in it,

the professionalism of all concerned comes through loud & clear.

My incident happened approx. 1.30pm & by 5.00pm, I had had an angioplasty intervention &

in bed at the CCU at the Jewish General.

At 75, it does not get any better than this.

Many thanks to all

Jacques Ernest Boucher

M.H. and S.R., St-Lazare, QC:

We would like to call to your attention the professionalism and caring of the staff at the Lakeshore General Birthing Center from the moment we arrived on the second floor. The caring and compassion of the nurses was unsurpassed and helped us immensely through [our] difficult time.

Each and every nurse we encountered is an asset to the Lakeshore General Hospital and we are lucky to have such caring and compassionate people in our community.

M.H. and S.R.

R.B., Pointe-Claire, QC:

I recently received emergency care at the hospital and it was my intention to write a letter to thank the personnel for the excellent care and service that I received.

In fact, on more than one occasion, my husband and I have had access to the services of the Lakeshore General Hospital, and our experience has been nothing but positive. We are seniors who are fortunate to enjoy excellent health care. It is very reassuring to us to know that the staff at the Lakeshore General Hospital is there for us should and when we need it.

We so often hear negative comments about the hospital and are always dismayed by these. We promptly express our complete satisfaction and faith in our hospital. So please extend my sincere thanks and congratulations to all of your staff.

R.B.

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Publication: Lakeshore Legends 2010

Annual Campaign 2009: More Than Ever

Annual Campaign 2008: My Lakeshore

Please take a few seconds to see our campaign video:

You will see versions of these campaign posters around our community (click on the posters for a larger version):

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Annual Campaign 2007

In October 2007, a new style of Annual Campaign was launched in conjunction with a brand new look and slogan for the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation. Our new slogan - "Working together for health care excellence" was chosen to emphasize that the LGH Foundation works with the community to make better health care more accessible to residents of the West Island. Our new logo is a graphic representation with multiple layers of meaning. The trilogy of figures held together by a circular bond evokes different ideas for different people - with the common bond of community.

For the first time our fundraising effort includes an advertising campaign that incorporates television, radio, bus and train. We wanted the community to see how we have changed. The campaign is still underway, and we invite you to participate.

"Community involvement has always been vital to allowing the hospital to meet the needs of patients and their families. We are counting on community residents, both individual and corporate, to come forward again in this fundraising campaign to support their local hospital and help make it even better than it has already become." Ronald Lawless, Campaign Chairperson.

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