New Riverside Fundraiser

Riverside Foundation for Health Care has put forward its wish list for the new year.

Chair Deanne Cunningham says they're in the process of raising $25-thousand dollars for a Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure Respiratory Support System for LaVerendrye Hospital.

"This is equipment for treating patients with respiratory distress and heart failure," says Cunningham. "It's a much needed piece of equipment. To date, we've raised about $10,000."

Cunningham says it was doctors that recommended the need for the equipment.

He's hoping they will achieve their fundraising goal by the early part of the new year.