2024 Radiothon presented by Pharmasave
Surpasses $150,000 Goal
It came down to the wire but a huge $25,000 donation late on day 1 from former resident & philanthropist, Ted Hanlon, and an anonymous $10,000 matching donation on day 2 helped push the 16th annual Radiothon for Healthcare to their goal!
The “Heartbeat of Hope” Radiothon was raising money for cardiac equipment for the Cypress Regional Hospital; three new defibrillators and a stress test console. These pieces of equipment were listed as a catastrophic need and a major need. With the support of southwest Saskatchewan, the Dr, Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation was thrilled to announce the total after two days on air was $161,990 and will be able to order this equipment as soon as possible and hope to have it in place in 2025.
Over the two days, listeners were treated to chances at prizes and performances from local talent. The radiothon was hosted at the beautiful Elmwood Golf Course Clubhouse which makes for a perfect venue for space and foot traffic. Made Café featuring Flatland Foods also provided us with 50 dozen donuts on day 1 that were pre-sold to various community members and local businesses with the proceeds also going towards the Radiothon goal.
“(We are) proud to be part of this foundation,” Kris Johnson, the development, design & administration with the Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation, said right after revealing the final total. “We just want to continue to strive for success in Swift Current and southwest Saskatchewan and we can’t thank everybody enough for their contributions.”
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ITEM #1: CARDIOLOGY STRESS TEST CONSOLE
This piece of diagnostic cardiac equipment will be used in the Cardiac Lab at Cypress Regional Hospital. It is listed as a major need as without this equipment, patients are required to travel to Regina to have this important diagnostic test performed.
KEY ADVANTAGES:
- Increases availability of care at Cypress Regional Hospital
- Allows for advanced analysis of cardiac function. The advanced software has the capability of analyzing data to perform a risk assessment of several heart health factors.
- Eliminates need for travel
- This system will replace current system that was purchased 10 years ago.
- New system will simplify workflow and improve efficiency of testing.

ITEM #2: MEDTRONIC LIFEPAK 15 DEFIBILLATORS (3)
The Lifepak 15 Defibrillators are used in the cardiac laboratory, and two are located in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The current ones have reached the end of their lifecycle and therefore are listed as a critical need on the capital equipment list.
KEY ADVANTAGES:
- Increases level of critical care at Cypress Regional Hospital
- These defibrillators are also cardiac monitors with the ability to show 5 lead Rhythm Strip as well as perform a 12 lead ECG.
- Multi-use system
- Not only is this used as a defibrillator, it can also monitor respiratory functions like oxygen saturation & carbon monoxide and blood pressure.
- Device can also sync with central bedside monitors in emergency department upon arrival
- Lifepak is battery operated so it allows all functions to be used in transport or function as an AED if code responders are not trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
- Can be used on a wide variety of patients, not just cardiac emergencies, but also neurological, severe infections, and trauma.

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