Your Dollars at Work

The Greater Peterborough Health Services Foundation funds community-based health care initiatives, which would not be possible without your generous support. Here are just a couple examples of how we have helped to improve health care services in Greater Peterborough in the last year:

40 Pulse Oximeters - A Powerful Little Piece of Equipment

Through the support of the Peterborough Festival of Trees, the GPHSF provided 40 Pulse Oximeters for the Family Health Teams. This powerful little piece of equipment, called an oximeter, combines both a monitor and a sensor in a samll hand-held assembly. Patients insert their finger in the device and the clinician is provided with an accurate reading of the patients' pulse rate, pulse strength, and the level of oxygen concentration in their blood. Among its wide range of uses, it can be used to assess influenza-like illness, breathing problems and pneumonia. For full story...

20 Transport Chairs = Greater Patient Accessibility

Transport Chairs (heavy-duty wheelchairs) were provided to the Family Health Teams throughout the City and County of Peterborough. The transport chairs are easier to use than a wheelchair and are regularly used by patients, particularly those who have had a sudden onset of conditions and those who do not have a wheelchair at home. For full story...