CURRENT NEEDS
SAH Foundation funds the purchase of medical equipment for Sault Area Hospital. We rely on the support of our generous donor community to ensure that Sault Area Hospital can continue to deliver the best possible care for every person in the Algoma District.
$3.4 MILLION FOR NEW EQUIPMENT:
Imaging is often one of our highest needs areas. High quality images help care providers make diagnoses, support critical decisions about treatment, and track progress over time.
SAH has six operating rooms, and each requires access to state of the art medical equipment to perform surgery, and the tools to clean and sterilize that equipment after.
Critical Care supports patients in serious condition, often with life-threatening illnesses. This can be cardiac (heart) related, or patients in intensive care (ICU).
The Lab at SAH processes over 2 million samples each year, and provides critical information for diagnosis and treatment planning.
"Biomed" staff keep medical equipment at SAH working properly through regular maintenance and repairs.
Hospital-Wide items are needed in (and sometimes shared by) multiple units, supporting care across SAH.​​​
Ambulatory Care supports a variety of minor procedures and services. Both Ophthalmology and Urology are part of Ambulatory Care.
Over 800 babies are born each year at Sault Area Hospital. Items for Women & Children's Health are used in obstetrics, pediatrics and the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Rehabilitation is a key part of the recovery and healing process for patients. This can include physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.
WHAT IS "AREA OF GREATEST NEED"?
Donations made to the Area of Greatest Need are unrestricted, meaning that SAHF can allocate funds where they are needed most. These funds are used to purchase the most critically needed equipment - identified each year by leaders across the Hospital.
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Patient care is almost never isolated to one area of the hospital, and your donation doesn't have to be either! Supporting Area of Greatest Need ensures every area of the Hospital, including those that are behind the scenes, have the tools they need to provide outstanding care.​
$7 MILLION
This year, SAH Foundation expects to provide over
to Sault Area Hospital for critical medical equipment.
For 2024/25, 39 priority pieces of new equipment will be purchased for departments across Sault Area Hospital.
$2.1 MILLION IN DEFERRED FUNDING FROM 2024/2025
While work is done each year to bring countless pieces of new equipment into our hospital, delays in the procurement process can mean funding is deferred to the next fiscal year. The funds for these pieces have already been raised in 2024/25, and they are planned to be disbursed in 2025/26.
This includes funding for projects that have already started in:
MEDICAL IMAGING
$542,042
CRITICAL CARE
$271,574
REHABILITATION
$21,467
LABORATORY
$414,440
MENTAL HEALTH
$125,235
PHARMACY
$21,152
WOMEN & CHILDREN'S HEALTH
$323,400
AMBULATORY CARE
$75,908
HOSPITAL-WIDE
$296,241
SURGICAL
$45,144
$1.5 MILLION FOR FINANCED EQUIPMENT:
Spreading out costs for big-ticket items
High-cost items and bulk purchases of equipment needed across the hospital are often financed over multiple years. This ensures SAH Foundation can cover significant investments, like the recent $3.2 million MRI machine, alongside other equipment needs of Sault Area Hospital.
For 2024-25, this includes payments toward the following projects:​
2023
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Interventional Radiology Suite
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Cardiac Catheterization Lab
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Fluorology Room
2022
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MRI
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Patient Monitors
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Medication Dispensing Cabinets
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Instruments
2021
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Sterile Processing
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Picture Archiving
2020
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OR Integration
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Medication Packager
2019
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Smart IV Pumps
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Defibrillators
2018
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Anaesthesia Care Stations
The new MRI, valued at $3.2 million, is essential to patient care. If SAHF had to fund it fully at the time it was purchased, it would have required almost 3/4 of the funds available for equipment that year.
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The MRI was financed over it's expected lifespan to reduce the upfront cost of this equipment. This meant that the MRI could be brought to Sault Area Hospital when it was needed most, while ensuring funding would still be available to other departments with critical needs.​