CANANDAIGUA – Culinary Fusion, an Oct. 1 fundraiser for UR Medicine Thompson Hospital, netted $6,100 in proceeds for a new intensive care unit (ICU) and Pulmonary Medicine Clinic, expected to open at Thompson in 2020.
With grazing stations featuring a number of local establishments, the event was held at Thompson’s retirement community, Ferris Hills at West Lake in Canandaigua. It also included a silent auction. Proceeds from both ticket sales and the auction will help Thompson reach its goal of raising $11.5 million to fund the new ICU and Pulmonary Medicine Clinic.
Going from the current seven ICU beds to 12 will enable Thompson to have full-time coverage from intensivists – physicians specially trained in the care and management of critical care patients. In addition, the hospital will send fewer patients to Rochester due to limited capacity, caring for an additional 250 to 330 critically ill patients annually.
A new pulmonary clinic on the ground floor of the new ICU – triple the size of Thompson’s current pulmonary clinic in order to accommodate higher patient volumes – will see patients suffering from chronic lung conditions such as asthma, emphysema, congestive obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and other diseases.
“We are so grateful to everyone who came together for Culinary Fusion in support of our new ICU and Pulmonary Medicine Clinic that will allow our hospital to provide pulmonary and critical care, close to home,” said Anita Pietropaolo, director of the F.F. Thompson Foundation.
For more information about Thompson’s ICU project and its $11.5 million capital campaign, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com/OurICU.