THE SIAN BRADWELL FUND
MONTREAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

About the Sian Bradwell Fund

ENDOWMENT REPORT – March, 2021 SB ENDOWMENT AT MCH

EVENT NOTES:

SIAN BRADWELL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT (July 28th-31st)

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

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.

Note from Dr. Chantal Bernard (2021)

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 (MRI.pdf 1) (MRI.pdf 2)	$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.