Donation is a game-changer for cancer care at RVH.
BARRIE (Friday Dec. 15, 2023) – Catherine and David Hudson have pledged a record-setting $10 million to RVH’s (Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre) Keep Life Wild campaign to support the expansion of the cancer centre.
In recognition of the family’s extraordinary generosity, the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre will be renamed the David and Catherine Hudson Regional Cancer Centre.
“The people of Simcoe Muskoka will be forever grateful to the Hudsons. This extraordinary gift is the lynchpin in our plan to revolutionize cancer care right here in our own backyard,” said RVH President and CEO Gail Hunt. “In our expanded cancer program, we will offer the very best in personalized, precise, and minimally invasive treatments delivered by highly trained specialists using the most advanced technology. This means our friends, neighbours and loved ones will be treated sooner, return home sooner, recover sooner, and get back to the life they love sooner.”
The people of Simcoe Muskoka will be forever grateful to the Hudsons. This extraordinary gift is the lynchpin in our plan to revolutionize cancer care right here in our own backyard”
Gail Hunt, RVH President & CEO
The landmark Hudson donation is the largest in the history of RVH and is the largest gift to a hospital in the history of Simcoe Muskoka. David Hudson tragically lost his sister Lara to a rare form of breast cancer at age 35. This personal loss was a motivation behind their groundbreaking gift, along with a commitment to inspiring others to support the hospital’s larger expansion efforts.
“Those who love Simcoe Muskoka, as we do, should realize that, together, we all need to ensure world-class care is in place here,” Catherine Hudson said.
Added David Hudson: “It’s about recognizing that as this region doubles in size, we need to ensure that RVH and the services it provides meet that growth. For everyone who has the ability to give, now is the time.”
“Everything about this day is extraordinary, not only the magnitude of this gift, but the impact it will have on the lives of individuals and their families across this region.,” said RVH Foundation CEO Pamela Ross. “These selfless acts of generosity have the power to inspire others to do same. Because the proof of what generosity can achieve here in our community is undeniable.”
Those who love Simcoe Muskoka, as we do, should realize that, together, we all need to ensure world-class care is in place here. It’s about recognizing that as this region doubles in size, we need to ensure that RVH and the services it provides meet that growth. For everyone who has the ability to give, now is the time.”
David & Catherine Hudson
The Foundation’s Keep Life Wild campaign is designed to raise $100 million to help fund RVH’s planned expansion of the current site in Barrie, and to build a brand-new facility in Innisfil. In addition to the expansion of the cancer centre, the larger redevelopment plan will ensure that RVH is able to continue to provide exceptional patient care, while also improving access for the region’s residents for generations to come. The plan will add more than 240 beds, expand critical care, surgical suites, neonatal intensive care, urgent care and much more, enabling RVH to enhance almost every service it offers.
The video below is a testament not only to the power of the Hudson’s gift, but also to how your gifts have supported patients, and their care teams, since the start of our regional cancer program in 2012.
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