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Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation

World-leading

knowledge fuels

exceptional year

After an impressive wrap-up to the Billion
Dollar Campaign, Toronto General

& Western Hospital Foundation
(TGWHF) had an exceptional year,
raising more than $153.5-million in
fundraising revenue, from a record
individual 85,163 gifts thanks to incredible

donors and volunteers. Central to this past Eric and Vizma Sprott
year’s success were two transformational
gifts that were made in recognition of
UHN’s vast pool of knowledge in surgery “ We support organizations that
and in neurodegenerative diseases. are leaders in their field,” said

Eric Sprott. “Surgeons at UHN
Gift will further transform performed the world’s first successful
surgical innovation at UHN single- and double-lung transplants.

Eric and Vizma Sprott, through The Sprott These innovations have saved the
Foundation, made a second $25-million commitment lives of millions of patients around
to support the Sprott Department of Surgery at UHN.
the world, and we are proud to
“This latest gift from The Sprott Foundation will partner with UHN to fuel the next
further transform surgical innovation at UHN, world-changing discovery.”
enabling our world-leading research and life-saving
surgical care,” said UHN Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Shaf
Keshavjee. Funds will be used for a range of surgical In 2012, The Sprott Foundation made a $25-million
upgrades at Toronto General and Toronto Western gift in support of the Department of Surgery at UHN,
hospitals, including new imaging equipment, 3-D bringing their giving total to over $50 million.
printing technology, modernization of existing surgical In recognition of this generosity, the Sprott
suites at Toronto Western Hospital, enhanced Intensive Department of Surgery at UHN was named. It is
Care Units for transplant patients, an interventional one of the largest surgical programs in Canada and
suite dedicated to minimally invasive treatment and consists of 39 staffed operating rooms, with surgical
enhancements to the Emergency Department. teams performing more than 25,000 surgeries a year.

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