Giving at the till is a gift from and for the heart. And Greater Victoria shoppers have dug deep and donated $60,000 to the Canadian TireB次元官网网址檚 annual Fix-A-Heart campaign.

The funds will pay for two high-tech patient care beds at the Royal Jubilee HospitalB次元官网网址檚 heart health cardiac care unit. The money was presented Tuesday to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, which funds 40 per cent of capital equipment purchases every year for the Jubilee and Victoria General Hospital.

The state-of-the-art beds feature a complex array of gadgetry that assist nurses with their work, and add to the well-being of a patient over and beyond letting them get a good nightB次元官网网址檚 sleep.  Upwards of 900 patients undergo open heart surgery at the hospital each year.

The beds include weigh scales and can be automatically rotated, for example.

B次元官网网址淲ithout that (donation) itB次元官网网址檚 not the same,B次元官网网址� said Holly Kennedy-Symonds, director of the Vancouver Island Health AuthorityB次元官网网址檚 heart health and adult intensive care units. B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 finite resources and youB次元官网网址檙e competing for those finite resources.B次元官网网址�

emccracken@vicnews.com