Thursday, 06. May 2010
Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation Vice President Stephen Boyd, Dr. Louis Francescutti and Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation President & CEO Andrew Otway receive a $250,000 cheque from CN Chief Transportation & Safety Officer Paul Miller at the April 22 Speaking of Health lecture.
The April 22 Speaking of Health lecture was a special one for the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. The Foundation was happy to announce a very generous gift from CN Rail which will facilitate research into the health issues and needs of Edmonton’s inner city population with a special focus on children’s health. Paul Miller, Chief Transportation and Safety Officer for CN, spoke briefly to the audience and presented a cheque for $250,000.
With this donation, CN and the Royal Alexandra Hospital have created the CN Injury Prevention Lecture Series featuring prominent Edmonton physician and safety expert Dr. Louis Francescutti.
“We are delighted to partner with CN in this lecture series, and we are thrilled that CN has named the Royal Alexandra Hospital as a charity of choice for this very special project.” said Andrew Otway, President and CEO of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. “We are also delighted that these CN-sponsored lectures on injury prevention will attract a whole new audience to our already popular Speaking of Health series.”
"Safety is a core principle at CN," says Paul Miller, CN’s Chief Safety and Transportation Officer. "We have a strong history of working to promote health and safety, near railway tracks and in our communities, in playgrounds, in homes and schools across our system. We’re proud to partner with the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation to raise the overall safety."
CN’s donation extends past these lecture series and will fund a future study of inner city health, focusing on the health needs of the children most affected by unemployment and homelessness.
Dr. Francescutti, an emergency physician at the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the Northeast Community Centre in Edmonton, is an internationally regarded expert on injury control. He was recently named president-elect of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. In addition, Dr. Francescutti is a judge of the CN Safer Alberta Awards, an annual initiative honouring community and youth safety programs across the province.
Dr. Francescutti delivered a dynamic and captivating lecture, entitled Keeping Youth Safe in the Workplace, to an appreciative crowd. "Safety in the workplace is more than just telling people to wear their safety helmets and goggles," said Dr. Francescutti. "Responsible employers will realize that there are a wide variety of issues that lead to unsafe working conditions and will do their best to help their employees out."
The CN-sponsored series will add a new and exciting dimension and attract new audiences previously unaware of Speaking of Health. "Our Speaking of health lecture series has become a must-attend event for many Edmontonians,” says Andrew Otway, President and CEO of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. "Attendees leave our lectures armed with new and vital information on a variety of health topics, and they continue to tell us how grateful they are for this service."
The next CN-sponsored lecture, as well as the rest of the Speaking of Health series, will be announced in the fall.
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