CBC Radio ONE Broadcasts from TBRHSC

Chair of the Board, Ron Nelson, spoke of the vision for acute care in our city and region. “We are proud of our patient care. Our focus is clear”, he said. “This is an exciting place to work.”

Judy Perrier from Season’s Gift Shop praised the virtues of all the volunteers who serve TBRHSC through the shop as it raises hundred of thousands of dollars annually.

After that, Lisa and her team of journalists turned their attention to the finest of healthcare cuisine. “Breakfast from the best” is the way Nutrition Services Director Cathy Paroschy Harris put it. Five different types of breakfast meals were served. Soon the plates were clean. Need we say more!

By this time staff members were pouring into the facility during a “shift change”. Emergency Department Charge Nurse Rita Grenier Buchan described “ her busy night of activity – trauma cases and all”. Linda Miller, also from Emergency described her “anything can happen” day waiting for her as she was just coming on shift. The TBRHSC Emerge Department is one of the busiest in Canada. As a career, it sounds like an exciting way to spend your day – or night.

Another guest was Petra Kapush. She shared TBRHS Foundation fund-raising strategies and successes, acknowledging the tremendous support from people contributing millions of dollars to the building of the facility and to medical equipment. “It is on-going,” she said.

Janet Northan spoke about the economic and healthcare benefits that current and pending research in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario will bring to us all.

And finally, Mayor Lynn Peterson then joined Lisa to extol the virtues of healthcare as an economic driver.

News, sports, weather and “Outdoors with Gord Ellis” filled out the roster of activity for the morning.

Many thanks to the staff from CBC radio ONE in Thunder Bay from all of us at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. You made us proud to be partners with you as we build community together.

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