The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation’s campaign to build a new Medical and Surgical Centre has taken a giant leap forward thanks to a $5-million donation from West Vancouver couple Ian and Rosemary Mottershead.
The North Shore philanthropists were inspired to contribute to the campaign after seeing the need to upgrade the acute care facilities at the hospital.
“We have been in this community for a long time and so has Lions Gate Hospital,” stated Ian Mottershead, a retired investment executive, in a press release. “We have seen friends and family treated at the hospital and this has made us acutely aware that we need to modernize the facilities. We hope everyone in the community will come together to help build this advanced centre which will bring better health care for all of us.”
This donation brings the historic $100-million community campaign to build the Medical and Surgical Centre to $70 million. The new 200,000-square-foot facility will provide 108 private rooms and ensuite facilities in place of the shared wards in the existing 56-year-old tower, high-tech operating rooms that will be able to accommodate the latest medical technology, integrated health information systems and a more therapeutic and family-centred environment.
“Ian and Rosemary have been compassionate and proactive supporters of the hospital and last year they purchased specialty wheelchairs which have greatly enhanced the mobility of some of our most seriously ill patients,” stated Judy Savage, president and CEO of the hospital foundation, in the press release. “This latest donation is a testament to their spirit of kindness and their keen determination to improve life for everyone in their community. This gift will benefit all of us on the North Shore for generations to come,” she added.
