Previous Purchases & Commitments
Emergency Department eQUIPMENT
In 2019, the Foundation purchased a new glide scope and supporting materials, along with vital machines to support the Emergency Department at St. Martha's Regional Hospital.
Sobey Foundation: tHE gREATEST gIFT
In September 2018, the Sobey Foundation made a transformative $1 million gift in support of cardiorespiratory care at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital. The Sobey Foundation gift will improve the quality in acute and chronic care for heart and lung diseases. Learn more about the equipment we’ve purchased to date and how it has transformed the way cardiorespiratory services are delivered in the region.
A new Palliative Care Unit at St. Martha’s
On June 11, 2018, the new palliative care unit at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital officially opened.
With patients moving in just a few days later, the unit offered a comfortable and peaceful patient and family-centered environment that focused on the person, and not their disease
A Focus on Mental Health
Thanks to the generous support of the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Nova Scotia Health (NSH) has hired a behavioral interventionist to support clients in Antigonish and surrounding areas. Funding for the position came through a gift agreement with the BNS, which committed $200,000 in funding over five years.
