Lion Foundation

Provided the support and funding to install two healing garden projects to improve the physical environment at North Shore Hospital. These beautiful gardens are situated in the Therapies area and on the rooftop in the new Maternity services area.

Lion Foundation has also provided a grant to provide a mobile Retinal Screening service to the population of Waitemata DHB (395,000). Screening for blindness caused by diabetes and its associated disease processes is now available to remote at risk populations. A major move towards preventing blindness in the community.

In 2005 The Lion Foundation granted funds to assist in the creation of a specialised cardiac investigation & treatment centre at North Shore Hospital

Mobile eye screening van ready for the road

Retinal Screener screening patient for diabetic eye disease

2007 - The Lion Foundation has continued its support in significant funding for imaging equipment for the new Cardiac Investigation and Treatment Centre at North Shore Hospital.

Cardiac Investigation and Treatment Centre

2009 - Significant ongoing support for one of the country’s major health issues has been assisted by a grant from the Lion Foundation to purchase insulin pumps for loan services reaching young adult type 1 diabetics. The Pump 4 Freedom project ensures huge benefits to affected young adult diabetics and allows them freedom from strict routines of multiple manual testing efforts 24/7. This technology enables sport participation, obviates the necessity for waking to test during the night or in early morning and frees the users to have a very nearly normal life.

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