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5 · Wednesday, December 14, 2011 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com Donation nets OTMH more `life-saving instruments' what we're all about in terms of trying to make a difference in people's lives. The hospital team identified defibrillators as a key piece They deliver a shock that can bring people of equipment, this fits with our budget and back from the brink of death and now what we could afford to commit over five Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) years... We are happy to do this and look forwill have more of them -- thanks to a ward to continuing to support the new hospi$100,000 donation from the Rotary Club of tal." Halton Healthcare Services Chief of Staff Oakville. Club President Wayne Snyder announced, Dr. Lorne Martin talked about the imporFriday, the Rotary Club of Oakville will tance of the defibrillators and why having donate $100,000 over five years to fund the more of them is essential. "These are life-saving purchase of five lifesaving defibrillators. "... We need more (defibrillators) instruments. We use these The donation will because we have to get them to to shock the heart when a person has a cardiac arrest see the defibrillators the patient within 60 seconds and can actually return a added to the existing person to life. We also use OTMH equipment, no matter where they are in the them all the time to solve which will eventually be building." problems with a patient's moved to the new cardiac rhythm. When Oakville hospital at Dr. Lorne Martin, patients come in with their Third Line and Dundas Chief of Staff heart beating too fast, Street. It is to be com- Halton Healthcare Services which can be quite dangerpleted in 2015. "The Rotary Club of Oakville has a long ous, we use the defibrillator at a lower level to history of supporting the Oakville hospital change the heart's rhythm back to normal. starting back in the 1950s when the first We use these almost every day," said Martin. "We are moving to a new hospital, which hospital was built. As part of our commitment to the community, being part of the is 1.5 million square feet, more than three new hospital and contributing capital equip- times the size of this building. When a person ment was something our club wanted to do," has a cardiac arrest, the thing that will create the greatest chance of saving that person's said Snyder. "Life-saving equipment certainly fits with life is getting the defibrillator to them sooner. By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF MICHAEL IVANIN / OAKVILLE BEAVER SAVING LIVES: Dr. Lorne Martin, Halton Healthcare Services Chief of Staff, left, receives a defibrillator from Wayne Snyder, president of the Rotary Club of Oakville, and Ralf Soeder, incoming Rotary president. The Rotary Club of Oakville recently announced a major gift pledge of $100,000 towards the new Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital redevelopment campaign that will fund five more defibrillators. So, as we move into that bigger building we need more of these because we have to get them to the patient within 60 seconds no matter where they are in the building." Martin pointed out the provincial government does not fund hospital equipment, making the Rotary Club of Oakville's donation all the more important. Fantasy WORLD OF GOODS Liquidation Outlet Holiday Party Special T is Th i We W ek eks Sp S eci cial 10% off the Tepanyaki Show WITH A PURCHASE OF OR MORE 20% OFF · Unbeatable Pricing *Reservation only with 8 people or more. Offer does not include beverages. $20 AAA Grade Steak WE PAY THE TAX! Look for our weekly specials on name brand housewares, small appliances, toys, fitness equipment and more New items weekly Open Tuesdays to Saturdays 9-5:30 pm Oakville's best kept secret for liquidation merchandise Oakville Centrum AMC Theatres 2045 WINSTON PARK DR. OAKVILLE 427 Speers Road 905-829-9185 · www.crazysushioakville.ca