Battlefords Union Hospital’s Bigger Picture radiothon hailed as big success

The greater Battlefords community came together Wednesday for the Bigger Picture radiothon at Battlefords Union Hospital. Walk-ins, call-ins, doctors, hospital staff and business owners helped to purchase a new CT scanner for the medical imaging department.

At the end of the 12 hour radiothon, $474,647 was raised. People from all over the province phoned in and donated including contributions in the thousands.

Former mayor of Battleford, Chris Odishaw donated $10,000. He explained his daughter Macy had recently needed the care of a CT scanner and x-ray machine.

“My daughter’s a dancer,” he said.  “She wasn’t feeling good and needed physiotherapy and the healthcare is a part of it all, really.”