The recent success of the CT Scanner Lottery brought the CT Scanner Crossroads Campaign closer to its goal of raising $2.2 million. The Lottery secured $200,000 for the Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) Foundation. Executive Director Joanne Mavis said, “it was an outstanding success and exceeded our expectations! Thank you to everyone who participated int this lottery.”

Top prize winner of the Camaro, Todd Durie, was delighted when he received the call from Mavis. “At first, she discussed some landscaping she wanted done at the Foundation Garden and I thought, ok, I guess I didn’t win. Then she said, while you are here, you can drive home the car you just won!”

The blue Camaro was presented to Durie, owner of Outer Creations Landscaping, Kemptville at Myers Chevrolet, Buick GMC, Kemptville on November 2, 2020, which just happened to also be Durie’s birthday. Everyone agreed it was a birthday he will not easily forget!

Durie said he and his family have supported the Foundation in various ways over the years, including organizing several very successful Golf Tournaments in memory of his late mother. He believes that the CT Scanner will be a great asset to the hospital and the community.

The CT Scanner is a vital diagnostic tool which will be a definite game changer for KDH in providing better patient care, faster care and care closer to home. Presently, a patient who requires an urgent CT Scan must be transported by ambulance in a 100 km round trip to an Ottawa hospital and wait usually many uncomfortable hours to have a scan. With a CT Scanner at KDH, it will mean a ride down the hall in a gurney or wheelchair.

Along with a pledge of $200,000 from the hospital, the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and the Municipality of North Grenville have pledged $2 million to build the new space to accommodate the CT Scanner. Construction is expected to begin in Spring 2024.

For more information, visit the Crossroads Campaign page.