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 About Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation

We are a registered charitable organization. Through the generosity of our donors, we fund capital redevelopment projects, purchase medical equipment and technology, and we invest in research. Our mission is to support patient care, research and education across the Hamilton Health Sciences family of hospitals; our goal is Health Care, Transformed.

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Gloria Sucgang's Story from Juravinski

Finding out you have breast cancer is devastating enough; being given the all-clear only to get a diagnosis six months later is even worse.

But that is exactly what happened to Gloria Sucgang.

“When my family doctor told me I had breast cancer, I was shocked,” says Gloria. “Six months earlier I had found a lump in my breast, but was told it was benign. All I could think about was having to plan my funeral instead of my teenage son’s graduation, I thought my life was over.”

Robert's Story from Hamilton General

It wasn’t every day that Robert Dunford, a busy trial lawyer, made it out of the office at 5:00 p.m., but with his wedding just a few weeks away, he decided to head out for the day. Minutes after arriving home, the Oakville resident bent over to put his briefcase down when he felt a sudden ‘pop’ inside his skull that left him unable to see or feel his arms and legs.

Kathy Koabel's 50th Birthday Celebration and Fundraiser

50th Birthday Celebration for Kathy Koabel and fundraiser for Esophageal Cancer Research  at the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre in memory of Cliff Koabel.

 

The event was held at the Chippawa Fire Hall on Saturday, January 21, 2012 and over 170 people attended.

New Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit Brings Unique Technology to Hamilton

Patients across the region now have access to the recently opened, Cardiac Arrhythmia Unit and Electrophysiology Lab at Hamilton General Hospital. The $7.5-million facility, which treats and diagnoses patients with life-threatening heart rhythm disorders, was made possible thanks, in part, to Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation and the numerous donors, corporations and community partners, who provided financial support for the project.

New Care4 Partnership Announced with Bayshore Home Health

Bayshore Home Health is the newest partner to join Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Care4 program.
 

Finding Hope and Happiness at St. Peter's

Wesley Fudge enjoys the freedom of being able to wander throughout St. Peter’s Hospital without being confined to a patient room. He stays busy with visits from family, attending hospital events, and as a member of the St. Peter’s Therapeutic Recreation Services “Guy’s Club”, a social club for men who are patients at St. Peter’s Hospital.
 

Overwhelming Generosity during the holidays at Mac Kids

In amongst the busyness of the holiday season, friends and supporters of Mac Kids took time to be involved with projects that raised funds and toys to help make the holidays brighter for patients at McMaster Children’s Hospital. The following groups represent a sampling of the tremendous generosity of groups, individuals and corporations from throughout our region. Their efforts combined with many other gracious supporters helped bring holiday cheer to the faces of the young patients at Mac Kids.

Child at risk for blindness regains sight

This past November, Chloë, a young patient at McMaster Children’s Hospital, discovered that hard work and determination really pay off. It was during a clinic appointment that seven-year-old Chloë and her family received the extraordinary news that, for the first time in her life, she was able to see out of both her eyes.
 

What makes this story amazing is that when Chloë was six-years-old, doctors discovered she had severe Amblyopia, a condition where her brain had not been exchanging signals with one of her eyes since birth. By the time it was detected, Chloë was functionally blind in her left eye. Too young to articulate that anything was wrong, she could barely even detect light and motion in her left eye.

Shirley's Story from Hamilton General Hospital

When Shirley Rowe began having intense and unusual pain in her chest and right arm, she knew for sure it was her heart. The Mt. Hope resident and retired nurse of 30 years, who worked at two Toronto area hospitals, was already taking heart medications after an angiogram a few years earlier had revealed a narrowing of a main artery in her heart.

Hummingbird Ball 2012 - A Red Carpet Affair

 

You're invited to "A Red Carpet Affair". Mingle with the stars on Saturday, May 12th. A true Hollywood Oscar night experience awaits you with no shortage of glitz and glamour. 

Funds raised at this year's Hummingbird Ball will support the Juravinski Cancer Centre and the Hematology Patient Care/Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.

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