Pharmacy Services manager Sarah Lynds, left, and BUH Foundation executive director Leanne Ducommun. The BUH Foundation is announcing the new capital campaign. (Submitted/BUH Foundation)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

Largest capital campaign

BUH Foundation launches major capital campaign for Pyxis MedStations

Mar 15, 2023 | 1:19 PM

Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation is getting started on a new robust capital campaign to fundraise close to $1 million over two years to purchase new Pyxis MedStations.

The foundation said “Medication Matters,” is the largest capital campaign taken on by the BUH Foundation to date with a fundraising goal of $916,000.

“We are excited to be a part of such a monumental campaign for BUH. It is a big undertaking, but we know we can make it happen with our donor support,” BUH Foundation executive director Leanne Ducommun said in the release. “It’s the foundation’s goal to support the care being provided at BUH. The Pyxis project will benefit the patients and support the healthcare professionals in all that they do. It is important for us to be a part of this project to help make it possible.”

Pyxis MedStations are described as automated medication-dispensing units that “help improve the efficiency, effectiveness and safety of medication delivery to patients.”

Replacement dispensing units will be purchased for the Emergency Department, Medical and Surgical wards, and Palliative Care. The BUH foundation said all the current units require replacements.

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Funds raised will also help purchase new units for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Ambulatory Care Clinic, Women’s Health and Birthing Centre, Chemotherapy, Dialysis, Operating Room/Surgery and Battlefords Mental Health Centre.

“These purchases will bring all departments that are in need of MedStations into alignment with the mission of Pharmacy Services to have optimal, safe and effective medication use for all patients,” the release said.

Ducommun encourages everyone, including businesses and organizations, to support the capital campaign by making a donation to the project.

“There has been a lot of strategic planning that’s been taking place with a fundraising goal of this size,” she told BattlefordsNOW. “All of our fundraising events that we host throughout the year will be earmarked for the capital campaign. We are accepting donations from the community, and organizations. And, the [On Air for Healthcare] Radiothon [in May] will also be supporting the new capital campaign of Medication Matters for the Pyxis MedStations as well too.”

To make a donation, people can call the foundation office at 306-446-6652, go online at buhfoundation.com , or drop by the office in person at the BUH.

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