The Montreal Sikh community was determined to
give back during the COVID-19 crisis.
On Friday,
they did just that with a generous $6,500 donation that will make life easier
for front-line workers at Lakeshore General Hospital.
The
donation will make it safer for surgeons at the hospital to do their work.
“It was important for us to figure out how we
could contribute and what we would be able to do. We found that very quickly —
collaborating with the hospitals would be the best way to move forward,” said
Taran Singh, a spokesperson for Montreal’s Sikh community.
The
donation was hand-delivered Friday morning by members of the Sikh community.
Lakeshore General Hospital,Montreal,Canada
The hospital’s foundation says the money will
be used to buy a high-performance filtration unit to create a negative-pressure
isolation room for the ENT (Ear Nose Throat) department.
“This
device will help filter the aerosols from the air to prevent health-care
workers from getting sick that are helping patients,” said Dr. Rickul Varshney,
surgeon.
Lakeshore General Hospital says that this
donation will help them become the best hospital it can be.
“We’re so
appreciative that everyone has come together with their generosity and allowing
us to make this step forward with our community,” Heather Holmes, director of
the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation, told Global News.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/wellness/montreal-sikh-community-makes-a-sizeable-donation-to-lakeshore-general-hospital/ar-BB16SY1w
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