Media Release
October 5, 2021 – Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation is thrilled to announce that $132,600 has been successfully raised for the purchase of five new ECG Devices, three for GBHS-Wiarton and two for GBHS- Lion’s Head.
“I am just amazed by our donors who have so generously supported our efforts to fund the new ECG’s” said BPHF Chair, Kevin Walsh, adding “our hospitals desperately need the current ECGs replaced. Our Foundation team is so pleased to work with our communities and donors in making this happen.” The current ECG devices are at the end of their life span, in fact, they are no longer supported for replacement parts and services.
An electro-cardiogram (ECG) device quickly collects information transmitted from 12-18 leads attached to the patient and generates a graph of cardiac electrical activity that shows us the heart rate, rhythm pattern and other information about the heart. Using an ECG can diagnose different types of, and areas affected by a heart attack. An ECG is also used to determine what type of rhythm problem is causing a heart rate that is too fast or too slow. In an average year, Wiarton and Lion’s Head Hospitals conduct a combined 3400 ECGs.
