Montreal, Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Montreal Heart Institute Foundation Grants Almost $20 Million to the Institute this Year
State of the art research centre and surgery wing
Latest ultraspecialized medical equipment
World-renown prevention program
Training of medical staff
Montreal, June 17, 2010 – The Montreal Heart Institute Foundation announced today a grant of $19,743,714 to the MHI for the year 2010-11. Since its inception in 1977, the Foundation allocated more than $143 million to patient care, research, training, prevention and the assessment of new technologies at the Institute.
“It is thanks to thousands of individual donors and hundreds of small, medium and international corporations that the Foundation can today contribute to the development of highly specialized cardiac treatments and the well-being of MHI patients,” says Foundation President Louis A Tanguay.
As an international leader in the field of cardiology, the MHI treats more than 50,000 patients annually, most of whom are considered complex cases. “This outstanding contribution will enable the Institute to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment that will facilitate innovative progress in research and quality care. Prevention initiatives and special projects will also be made possible. The Foundation’s support is proof of the Quebec Community’s belief in the MHI’s excellence,” says MHI Executive Director Robert Busilacchi.
Research – $13,409,572
Expansion of the Research Centre – $10,075,000
Research chairs and projects – $3,334,572
Medical Equipment – $4,705,786
Robotics and imaging hybrid surgery suite $2,800,000
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) $425,000
3D cartography system $425,000
3D echocardiography system $276,000
Other specialized medical equipment $779,786
Prevention – $1,325,000
Training and other – $303,356
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Information: Johanne McDonald
Director, Development and Communications
514.376.3330 ext. 2205
johanne.mcdonald@icm-mhi.org
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