A generous donation is helping expand cardiac care services at Boundary Trails Health Centre.
The late Bill Lyne and his wife Colleen made a $750, 000 contribution through the Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation to support a new echocardiography suite at the hospital. The new space will help provide cardiac imaging closer to home for residents across southern Manitoba.
(Submitted photo) BTHC Foundation and Southern Health Staff with Colleen Lyne in the new echocardiography suite
Gift aimed at improving local access to care
Menno Hiebert, speaking on behalf of the Lyne family, says the couple had long believed that people in the region should not always have to travel to Winnipeg for specialized medical services.
“They always were interested in helping people that they don’t always have to drive to Winnipeg for everything,” said Hiebert.
He says the echocardiography suite reflects that goal by allowing patients to receive important heart testing closer to home.
“With that echocardiogram room that she provided, that is what it’s going to save, a lot of trips to Winnipeg,” he added. “That was what her intentions were.”
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Shared Health says the new echocardiography suite will help expand access to non-invasive cardiac testing for patients in the region.
A Shared Health spokesperson says Shared Health Diagnostic Services “extends sincere appreciation to Bill and Colleen Lyne for their remarkable generosity and meaningful investment in health care for communities across Southern Manitoba.”
Their support, made possible through the Boundary Trails Health Centre Foundation, helped bring the new echocardiography suite to Boundary Trails Health Centre, expanding access to important diagnostic services.
Shared Health adds that the milestone demonstrates what can happen when community philanthropy and health-care partners work together toward a shared goal.
“This initiative will strengthen non-invasive cardiac testing and improve care for families who rely on Boundary Trails Health Centre,” the spokesperson said. “Shared Health is thankful for Manitobans like Bill and Colleen Lyne for their commitment to supporting high-quality healthcare in our province.”
Dana Human, Interim CEO from Southern Health-Santé Sud, added,
“We are deeply grateful to Colleen and Bill Lyne for their extraordinary generosity in supporting the Echocardiography Suite at Boundary Trails Health Centre. Their gift will have a meaningful and lasting impact, helping ensure patients in our region have access to essential cardiac diagnostics closer to home. Acts of kindness like this strengthen our entire community, and we sincerely thank the Lyne family for their commitment to advancing local health care.”
