THE SIAN BRADWELL FUND
MONTREAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

About the Sian Bradwell Fund

The Sian Bradwell Fund was started in 1986, to help children with cancer and their families by purchasing medical equipment for diagnosis, treatment and research. While Oncology is the main recipient of funds raised, equipment may also be purchased for departments which support Oncology,  e.g.  Pathology, Neurosurgery.

Letter from Dr. Thomas Engelhardt (2022)

Note from Dr. Chantal Bernard (2021)

ENDOWMENT REPORT – March, 2022  SB ENDOWMENT AT MCH

EVENT NOTES:

SIAN BRADWELL-WEST ISLAND LAKERS ALL-STAR DAY (March 26th)

BECKET PLAYERS CABARET SHOWS (May 12th, 13th)

SIAN BRADWELL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT (August 3rd – 6th)

STEP-BY-STEP-TEMBRE:  September 1st – 30th

CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

LATEST NEWS:

April, 2023 – Looking for volunteers for the SBST and Cedar Park softball tournaments.    Contact   volunteer_at_sianbradwell_dot_com.

Nov. 10th –  Kirkland Men’s Slow-Pitch League creates the SB-KMSPL mini-tournament

Dec. 9th – Cedar Park Heights Men’s Softball League donates further $2,800 to the Al & Millie De Souza Foundation.

Sept. 20th – Becket Players donate $3,500 to the Sian Bradwell Fund

Sept. 18th – Cedar Park Heights Men’s Softball League donates $4,000 to the Al & Millie De Souza Foundation of the Lakeshore General Hospital.  Al & Millie were Sian’s grandparents.

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Each year, the Hospital prepares a priority medical equipment list, from which the Advisory Board [“Board of Directors”] selects items to be purchased. In addition to funding such items as intravenous infusion pumps, pain control pumps, wheelchairs and equipment required for daily treatment and regular checkups, the Fund has purchased items such as:

ITEM COST
Diagnostic Microscrope For Pathology $       55,000
2 Clinitek Status+ Analysers $       30,000
2 operating tables $     100,000
Pain Control Pump + 15 stethoscopes $       16,500
Cavitron (Ultrasonic Aspirator) $     135,000
Alphamaquet operating table $       90,000
Microwave tissue processor $       40,000
Intra-operative MRI , to which the SBF contributed $10,000
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$10,000,000
Cell counter $     115,000
3 Physiologic monitors $       60,000
ROTEM equipment + blood pressure monitor cuffs $         6,140

and many small ($5,000+) pieces of equipment.  A weighing scale can be critical to cancer treatment because chemotherapy doses are based on the weight of a child.  Medical equipment is enormously expensive because of the degree of precision required for effective treatment.

1988:   Dr. V. Michael Whitehead (Director of the Oncology Department) and Sharon Bradwell

Funds are raised mainly through sports events and donations.  The events are always fun … come and join us!

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