Gulf & Fraser donates $10K to Chilliwack Hospital Foundation to fund new laparoscopic tool set at CGH; ICU ventillators still needed

CHILLIWACK — There are funding gaps when it comes to Fraser Health and its inability to fund all equipment needs across the health authority’s vast network of 12 hospitals serving the needs of 1.9 million people from Burnaby to Boston Bar.

That’s where the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation comes in, backed by a dedicated group of unpaid volunteers whose sole mission is to support Chilliwack General Hospital’s capital needs to enable health care professionals to provide quality care to all residents.

The unpaid, all-volunteer hospital foundation announced this past week that Burnaby-based Gulf and Fraser Fishermen’s Credit Union has donated $10,000 to the Chilliwack Hospital Foundation to fund one of eight laparoscopic tool sets that is currently on the hospital’s wish list.

“The Chilliwack Hospital foundation is your partner in community healthcare,” the foundation wrote in a news release this past week. “As an organization, we collaborate closely with the staff of the Chilliwack General Hospital to assist the needs of the hospital that directly impact patient care, and to assist our local doctors and nurses by ensuring we have new, updated equipment that is easy to use and provides the efficiency needed, especially in today’s staffing shortages.”