Atlantic Canada’s first hybrid OR

With donors at the forefront, the Stewart E. Allen Hybrid OR is revolutionizing the traditional operating room.

ENABLING COMPLEX PROCEDURES

With real-time image guidance

The Stewart E. Allen Hybrid OR combines the imaging capabilities of a catheterization lab with a surgical suite. Superior imaging means performing more complex procedures and assessing treatments as they are happening.

This is vital when an emergency arises in the OR. Critical time is saved by having diagnostic and surgical capabilities in one room – avoiding the transfer of patients between floors and care teams.

Government supported all construction and infrastructure costs to establish Atlantic Canada’s first hybrid OR. But it was the generosity of over 200 QEII Foundation donors who funded $4-million-worth of best-in-class technology inside of it. This includes a $1-million donation by Stewart Allen, for whom the space is named.

Take a virtual tour of the Stewart E. Allen Hybrid OR:

OFFERING MINIMALLY-INVASIVE SOLUTIONS

Helping patients heal faster

As one of the region’s most technologically-advanced operating suites, the Stewart E. Allen Hybrid OR will allow teams to perform more minimally-invasive procedures than ever before. This results in smaller incisions, less stress on the heart, and shorter recovery times for patients – meaning patients are home with their families sooner. It also plays a critical role in recruiting and retaining medicine’s best and brightest healthcare teams.

Atlantic Canada’s first hybrid operating room (pictured) is named in honour of Stewart E. Allen, in recognition of his $1-million gift to the QEII Foundation and its We Are campaign.

We Are transforming health care

Donors continue to change the game at the QEII Health Sciences Centre – and the hybrid OR is no exception.

Generous donors, like Stewart Allen, enabled the purchase of the best surgical and diagnostic imaging technology the market has to offer – life-saving equipment that healthcare teams otherwise wouldn’t have access to.

It’s a prime example of our $100-million We Are campaign at work and the role philanthropy can play in elevating health care to new heights.

Stewart E. Allen, of Toronto (O.N.) was honoured with the Health of Gold award at the QEII Foundation’s Heart Heroes event on May 15, 2019 for his impact within heart health care and communities throughout the entire Atlantic region.