{"id":262502,"date":"2025-11-05T03:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262502\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T03:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:46:12","slug":"hospital-50-50-draw-drives-life-saving-research-in-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262502\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital 50\/50 draw drives life-saving research in the North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health Sciences North research institute is holding a public event this week to show how supporting the hospital&#8217;s monthly 50\/50 lottery is paying off with medical research<\/p>\n<p>The purchase of Health Sciences North 50\/50 cash lottery tickets is paying off in many tangible ways for the health care community, said a news release from the Health Sciences North Foundation (HSNF).<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation has approved $300,000 in new research funding to help local clinicians, scientists and researchers drive innovations in cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment, said the release.<\/p>\n<p>Community members are being invited to see these research projects come to life at Catalyst 2025, hosted by the Health Sciences North Research Institute (HSNRI) on Nov. 6 at Science North\u2019s Vale Cavern in Sudbury. The event begins at 2:30 p.m. and runs until 9 p.m. said the release.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free but registration tickets <a data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/catalyst-tickets-1640610081919?aff=oddtdtcreator\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/catalyst-tickets-1640610081919?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">can be booked online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The $300,000 funding allocation to the HSNRI will provide funding for nine innovative projects that are being led by scientists and clinicians from that organization, said the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen someone buys a 50\/50 ticket, they\u2019re not just hoping to win, they\u2019re helping to fund research, medical equipment, and priority health needs that can save the lives of their family, friends, and neighbours,\u201d said Anthony Keating, president and CEO of the HSN Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese projects represent hope and innovation, made possible because our community continues to give back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Research at HSNRI is critical to improving health care for northern and rural communities. Through the ongoing success of the HSN 50\/50 Cash Lottery, HSNF continues to provide essential funding that fuels new discoveries and transforms patient care close to home, said the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Health Sciences North research institute is holding a public event this week to show how supporting the hospital&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,121501,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-262502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-health-sciences-northhealth-sciences-north-foundationhospital-50-50-winner","12":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}