Shopper's Drug Mart - Tree of Life

Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital was honoured to be selected as beneficiary of Shopper's Drug Mart's annual Growing Women's Health (formerly Tree of Life) fundraising campaign again this year. HGMH sends a big thank-you to Shoppers Drug Mart for contributing $2,173 in support of women's health.

"The success of the 2015 Growing Women's Health campaign can be attributed to the support and commitment of our loyal customers and staff," said Samy Gobran, Owner/Pharmacist at the Alexandria Shopper's Drug Mart. Since 2002, this campaign has raised more than $26 million for Canadian women's charities. In 2015, over 500 women's health charities across Canada will benefit from the campaign's proceeds with 100% of funds staying in the community where they were raised.

At HGMH, these funds will be used to purchase education equipment that will help staff better identify cardiac symptoms in women. Women often present atypical symptoms when they are experiencing heart problems, and this equipment will provide staff with a realistic simulated experience to help them quickly and effectively identify and treat such conditions. Heart-related problems are one of the top diagnoses for patients visiting our local Emergency Department.