Orangeville, ON, March 23, 2010 – Nominations are now being invited for the 2010 Dr. David Scott Award. “This is a great opportunity to recognize someone who has made a contribution to the overall well-being and betterment of health care for Dufferin-Caledon,” says Margot Hornseth, Chair of Headwaters Health Care Centre’s Board of Directors.

The award is granted to an individual or organization that has made a positive impact on the quality of local health care through their service to the community, leadership, advocacy of health care initiatives and services, or promotion of services between the community and Headwaters Health Care Centre.

Launched in 2000, the award was established in honor of Dr. David Scott’s many years of dedicated service to his profession and the community. A life-long resident of Orangeville, Dr. Scott has provided outstanding leadership in health care in our community. He practiced general surgery in Orangeville from 1962 to 1997, and today is actively involved in physician recruitment with the Greater Dufferin Area Physician Search Committee.

Past award winners have worked hard to make a difference in the lives of real people in Dufferin-Caledon. The Dr. David Scott award recognizes their outstanding accomplishments to improve access to care and spearheading volunteer and fundraising initiatives within our communities. Previous recipients of the Dr. David Scott Award include: Dr. Dirk Huyer in 2000 for his work with victims of sexual abuse; Erna Baniulis in 2001 for her work to improve long term care in our community; Ronnie Inglis in 2002 for her leadership in Emergency Services, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, and organ donation; Dr. Faye Lindsey in 2003 for her work in physician recruitment; Headwaters Health Care Centre Auxiliaries (Orangeville and Shelburne sites) in 2004 for the significant contribution volunteers have made to the hospital for over fifty years; John (Doc) Gillies in 2005 for his charitable work in the community, including overseeing the construction of the new medical clinic; Don Stewart in 2006 for his outstanding contribution to the hospital, and  other community projects in Shelburne, many of which were in support of health care; Dr. David Knox in 2007 for improving access to care in the community by establishing an after-hours clinic; Dori Ebel in 2008 for her fundraising and volunteer leadership with health care and children’s organizations, and her non-denominational spiritual work with the hospital’s chaplaincy program; and Larry Rankin in 2009 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in our community.

Nomination forms are available online at www.headwatershealth.ca. April 30, 2010 is the deadline for nominations. The winner will be presented with the award at the Hospital’s Annual General Meeting in June. For more information please call 519.941.2702 ext. 2201.

The public is invited to provide comments and suggestions about hospital services. Please contact Cholly Boland, President and CEO, Headwaters Health Care Centre at 519-941-2702 ext. 2200.

About Headwaters Health Care Centre
Headwaters Health Care Centre serves more than 110,000 residents in Caledon, Orangeville, Shelburne and Dufferin County. The hospital operates two sites – Headwaters Orangeville, a 74 bed acute care hospital and Headwaters Shelburne, a 26 bed complex continuing care hospital. Visit www.headwatershealth.ca.

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