Health's Angels?

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CJEM 2000;2(1):53

Vernon, BC, like every other Canadian community, has experienced health care cutbacks and budget shortfalls. Facing the need for new cardiac monitoring equipment, most physicians would launch a bake sale or, perhaps, sell chocolates door- to-door. But not Vernon Jubilee Hospital's docs. One of Vernon's local family physicians, Bill Sanders, decided an off-the-wall (no pun intended) calendar was the way to go.

"Health's Angels," L to R: Dr. Nick Balfour (ring leader), nurses Suzanne Bailey, Sandi Zimmerman, Valaine Anonson, Janet Dawson, Brenda Gilroy and Verena Semeniuk, and Dr. Frank Ballauf.

Vernon Jubilee's ED is represented in the calendar's "Health's Angels" photo, entitled "Rebels without a gauze: ER staff ready for some R&R." The photo proving to be most popular is a shot of three docs' backsides (each doc wearing a hospital gown open at the back). The caption reads: "Say No to crack."

The goal was to raise $25,000. As of mid-December, the Vernon medical community had raised $30,000 beyond their initial production costs. For a calendar, contact: Derek Hall, Director of Development, Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation, 2101-32nd St., Vernon BC V1T 5L2; tel 250 558-1362;