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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2015
PHOTOS BY
GORD GOBLE
Ron Toigo (left) spoke about the importance of Delta Hospital for the community as the hospital foundation celebrated his family’s $2.5-million donation to the capital campaign to expand the lab and diagnostic imaging departments. Health Minister Terry Lake (above) was also on hand to announce the province has formally approved the expansion.
Record donation for hospital foundation Toigo family contributes $2.5 million to capital campaign for new lab and diagnostic imaging wing BY
SANDOR GYARMATI
sgyarmati@delta-optimist.com
The Delta Hospital Foundation celebrated a record donation Wednesday toward its ambitious capital campaign to expand the laboratory and diagnostic imaging departments. A large crowd of supporters and others, including provincial Health Minister Terry Lake, were on hand for the celebration of the $2.5 million donation by the Toigo family to move the project closer to its fundraising goal. The single biggest dona-
tion ever for the Delta Hospital Foundation, the Toigo family’s Shato Holdings Ltd. provided the generous gift for the new hospital wing, which the foundation announced will be named the Peter C. and Elizabeth Toigo Diagnostic Services Building. Lake announced the provincial government has formally approved the expansion. Ron Toigo, who was in attendance with his mother Elizabeth, talked about how his late father moved to Delta in 1964 and how the family understands the importance of the hospital for the com-
munity. He said his mother decided the project was very important to her, as it became for the rest of the family, when they learned more about it. The Toigo donation is part of a $7.5 million fundraising campaign by the foundation, the biggest it has ever undertaken. Fraser Health has agreed to pick up the rest of the estimated $12.5 million cost. The foundation still has about $1 million to go to reach its target. Part of the hospital’s long-term master plan, the expansion would
see the medical imaging and laboratory medicine departments facilitate an additional 32,000 patients annually. “We are very grateful for the generosity of the Toigo family and Shato Holdings Ltd. and its commitment to support community health care,” said Delta Hospital Foundation chair Allan Baydala. He noted that since 2003, Shato Holdings and the Toigo family have given over $2.75 million to the Delta Hospital Foundation to support various projects. Michael Marchbank, who was appointed CEO of Fraser Health
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this January, said the expansion and improvement of diagnostic services at Delta Hospital will ensure medical staff can deliver the very best in care and ensure patients are receiving faster and more precise diagnosis and treatment. Thanking the Toigo family on behalf of Premier Christy Clark, Lake told the audience the project is an example of the work going on across the province to increase efficiency, reduce impacts on hospitals and ensure the very best See DONATION page 3
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