7 community donations during the pandemic

19 July 2021

Over and beyond monetary gifts, the community has been more than generous to the HMR, its staff, and its patients. Thank you for these last months of solidarity!

Restaurants, stores, businesses, and citizens joined forces to offer comfort to those at the heart of the fight against the pandemic. Disinfectant, visors, meals, and heavy equipment were generously offered to the teams. Here are some examples.

Equipment donation: adapt the operating room

	Ingénia Technologies gifted Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont with an air handling unit, which enabled it to transform part of its operating rooms into a negative pressure environment, capable of receiving patients affected by COVID-19. Read COVID-19: Ingénia Technologies helps the HMR
Food donations: thanking frontline workers
	Distribution Charplus, in collaboration with Lisboa Cafetaria and Bairrada restaurant, offered delicious meals to the HMR staff. Read Meals offered to HMR staff
	For Mother’s Day, a former patient and his wife offered chocolates to the staff. Read Chocolate for Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital teams
	La Belle Tonki restaurant prepared more than 300 hearty meals for the employees. Read The flavors of Asia in the emergency room of the HMR
	For Christmas, Jessica Pastries gave out sweet treats to the heroes working in the Emergency Room. Read A special treat for the Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont’s ER teams
Donation of sanitary products: ensuring the safety of professionals
	To underline the immense work accomplished by healthcare professionals, the CURE Foundation provided protective visors.
	The Lalema company donated more than 200 litres of disinfectant to the HMR! This liquid gold has been vital to the Hospital during this pandemic.