{"id":53012,"date":"2024-11-14T20:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/?p=53012"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T12:53:39","slug":"sackville-hospitals-new-outdoor-courtyard-expected-to-improve-patient-and-staff-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chmafm.com\/welcome\/sackville-hospitals-new-outdoor-courtyard-expected-to-improve-patient-and-staff-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Sackville hospital\u2019s new outdoor courtyard expected to improve patient and staff experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sackville Hospital Foundation fundraising lead Bill Carroll and board chair Bill Evans stand in the gazebo of a new outdoor patient courtyard behind the Sackville hospital. Photo: Erica Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Last week, about 75 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the new outdoor garden courtyard at the Sackville Memorial Hospital, as well as the purchase of new operating room equipment, both funded by the Sackville Memorial Hospital Foundation’s annual campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foundation chair Bill Evans said the completion of the new garden and gazebo was personally satisfying, because unlike typical foundation projects, the work was coordinated by the volunteer board, and there were challenges. \u201cThe money was raised quickly, but getting it done took a long time,\u201d said Evans. But now that patients and staff can make use of the outdoor space, \u201cI\u2019m so delighted that it\u2019s done,\u201d said Evans. \u201cI think it\u2019s beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Forsythe was also on hand to tell CHMA how new operating room equipment would help expand low risk orthopedic surgeries in Sackville, and help alleviate provincial wait lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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