A Decade of Care Close to Home: Celebrating 10 Years of SAH!
It was March 6th, 2011, when the doors of the new Sault Area Hospital officially opened – 10 years ago, next month. During the “New Hospital” campaign, everyone in the community had a stake in it. Whether it was buying lottery tickets, attending events, donating from your pay cheque or making a pledge – it was truly a community effort.
The day our doors opened, more than half the equipment in our hospital was brand new, thanks to community support. This included a multi-million dollar MRI, brand new radiation tools for cancer treatment, and even all 293 hospital beds.
Over the last 10 years, SAH has continued to grow – and our community has helped us recruit new physicians, expand programs, and offer outstanding care in Sault Ste. Marie.
Generous gifts have continued to replace and expand our equipment over the years. And while the need for new equipment never goes away, the community has been there for us – supporting each purchase. We’re so grateful.
So on this anniversary, we celebrate everyone who supports our hospital. That support is the reason we’ve come so far, and will be the reason we’re able to keep growing over the next 10 years.
Today, tomorrow and always - making outstanding care possible.
Thanks to community generosity... In the last 10 years, over $32 MILLION in medical equipment for Sault Area Hospital has been purchased.
2011 – Local radiation services for cancer patients, with the opening of our “New Hospital,” were launched. Our brand-new MRI was the most expensive single piece of equipment we’ve purchased to date, and we couldn’t have done it without our community!
2012 – Local support helped us bring a new gynecologist to town by funding the tools she needed to operate.
2013 – With additional urologists in the community, supporters helped purchase another cystoscope so we could offer more procedures and reduce waits.
2014 – Our lab grew by two high-volume chemistry analyzers, which are still used for every blood sample we take.
2015 – A massive refresh of our hospital’s surgical scopes was possible thanks to community contributions.
2016 – Labouring mothers started to move around their rooms with ease thanks to new portable fetal monitoring equipment.
2017 – Generous gifts helped us purchase a critical second CT Scanner.
2018 – Support brought in the tools that helped us perform the very first cardiac stent procedure at SAH. We’ve since performed hundreds more!
2019 – Dozens of Smart IV Pumps have been brought into our hospital, reducing risks of medication errors.
2020 – Our hospital had the tools to treat COVID-19.
Gifts to the foundation help enhance the care of our patients at Sault Area Hospital
