The Health Foundation - 2024 Fundraising Goals

1. Chemistry Analyzer for the lab.
2. Medication packaging system, which will also package medications for hospitals outside of Yorkton.
3. Operating room equipment.
4. Ceiling lifts in the ICU.
5. Infusion pumps and power recliners for Chemotheraphy.
6. Existing annual programs - education scholarships we provide for nurses, technicians, therapists and doctors to upgrade their skills or to allow them to become qualified to do particular treatments or work in particular areas.

1. Sonography equipment for the new Medical Assistant Program. With staff shortages for 20 years in the province, this program will train students for these much needed positions.

This is also an investment in Saskatchewan. When students go to Alberta or Ontario to take the program, most don’t come back. They finish their course and do their practicums in hospitals in other provinces, and are offered jobs. Some come home but most don’t.

If we train students here, even if they don’t remain in Yorkton, they are likely to stay in Saskatchewan, closer to family and helping us address our healthcare shortage.