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Gabriola Community clinic

Idée acf3958:

Gabriola Island Emergency Care Facility

Affichée le novembre 13, 2009

  • Auteur : Judith Graham
  • Organisation: Gabriola Health Care Society
  • Endroit : Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X0
  • Catégorie : Favorisez le bien-être
  • Coût : À gros budget (50 000 $ à 250 000 $)

Gabriola Island, British Columbia is in need of a permanent emergency medical treatment facility. Our resident population of approximately 5,000 people, can swell to double that with summer residents, people camping in the provincial parks, children at Camp Miriam, boaters and tourists. There is no overnight ferry service from our Island to the nearest hospital.

Imagine if you or a loved one had an emergency – an accident, childbirth complications, stroke, heart attack. First you wait for an ambulance, then for the ferry, which usually runs hourly during the day then a 20 minute ferry ride, if it is running on time, then a transfer to another ambulance to get to the hospital. UNLESS it is delayed because of dangerous cargo runs on Wednesdays and Sundays, or for shift changes mid day. UNLESS it’s at night. Then add crossing in an open boat instead of a ferry. UNLESS the weather is too bad and all boat crossings are cancelled. Wouldn’t you want an emergency clinic?

Islanders are resourceful people. We take care of our neighbours. We don’t wait for government to solve all our problems. The Gabriola Health Care Society in November 2006 as a proactive response to the cancellation of overnight ferry emergency sailings and a lack of basic local emergency and after hours care for our increasing resident population and many summer residents and visitors from all over the world. We were also acutely aware of the larger possibility of natural disasters, extreme storms, earthquake, fires, or the possibility of a multiple vehicle accident. By July 2007 our community raised enough funds to develop an interim leased facility with a basic trauma care room along with four examination rooms for family practice physicians.

Our interim clinic and emergency treatment room, now two years old, is a busy place. Throughout this two-year period, the majority of emergencies have been successfully diagnosed and treated or stabilized locally. During this time, there have been examples of multiple simultaneous needs with, in one instance, three patients on site at one time.

Our efforts in creating the interim clinic were worthwhile. Lives have been saved. Through our striving, and in spite of a highly competitive physician recruiting environment, our community is delighted to welcome an additional full time family practice physician. We have learned much during this two year period. Our idea for change has taken much effort and has highlighted the long term need for a fully equipped, larger emergency treatment room. We believe it is time to create a permanent, community-owned emergency treatment and medical care facility.
We are committed to develop and build a permanent community owned, fully equipped, ecologically friendly, seismically-engineered and technologically advanced medical facility and emergency treatment room. Site specific architectural plans are in preparation, being donated by a local professional architect, based upon many hours of research and preparation, in addition to consultation with our practicing doctors.

The Gabriola Health Care Foundation was formed to raise the funds for our new clinic and has been registered as a charity for Income Tax Purposes (registration number 85193 0586 RR0001). An earnest capital campaign is underway. The spirit of our community is strong, and this issue is very dear to the hearts of many Islanders. In only four weeks, since we announced 2010 to be “The Year of the Clinic” on November 4, we have received donations of almost $50,000. Our Auxiliary has community fundraising events planned throughout the whole of the year 2010.

The estimated cost for our permanent medical facility is in the range of one million dollars, excluding the cost of the land, which has been offered as a donation. Our goal for 2010 is to reach the ‘lockup’ stage of construction, where the walls and roof are in place and doors and windows have been installed. We estimate the cost of this to be in the range of $375,000. Gabriola is not a wealthy island. With the funds we now have on hand and a $200,000 award from the Aviva Community Fund we could reach our goal. This would allow the community to focus on the fundraising required to complete the remainder of the project in 2011. On completion the project will be self-sufficient, with the rents charged to the doctors and other health care tenants sufficient to cover the operating costs of the building and provide a reserve for future maintenance.

Please visit our web site at www.ghcs.ca

We appreciate your creation of this project, we have received front page coverage in a local newspaper and many local groups have been actively involved. Thank you for your consideration of our request.


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