You would be hard pressed to find anyone willing to argue that point but, believe it or not, I have run into some people who are skeptical about donating money to help out. It seems impossible to me that the impact of community donations on an institution like The Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario could be missed. For further assurance, you need only ask any of the wonderful staff members at CHEO for a whole new perspective. Margot Thomas, a nurse in CHEO s intensive care unit tells us that she sees community donations at work on a daily basis. The technologically advanced equipment in use every day in the I.C.U. is but one example.
Technology is very expensive and it is ever changing.
Without your donations it would be impossible to stay up to date. The CHEO Foundation s, Al Roberts pointed out another instance where your dollars make all the difference in the world. CHEO now has its own M.R.I. unit but that wasn t always the case. In many cases the kids were too sick to be moved and as a result were ineligible. In other cases the wait was longer than the effectiveness of the anesthetic which meant another trip between hospitals and more trauma on an already traumatized child.