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ARCOM is working with the Royal Victoria Hospital on a multiphase project to refresh their existing network and build a new network in their expansion. The expansion is a 3 year project that will double the size of the hospital and create a new cancer treatment centre with 4 radiation bunkers. We are replacing the core, distribution and wireless networks with state of the art IP routing, switching and wireless equipment from our partners at Brocade. This will be one of the most advanced hospital networks in the country when completed. It will provide connectivity for administrative applications, clinical applications, patient records, IP phones, IP bedside entertainment systems, building controls, WAN, WAPs and a range of hospital equipment.

ARCOM has also made a generous donation to the RVH Foundation, which was set up to fund requirements of not only RVH, but the large catch basin it serves. Below is an excerpt from their website

“The RVH Foundation is an essential partner in providing exceptional care in the Simcoe-Muskoka region. The Foundation supports the Royal Victoria Hospital with the necessary funding to bring urgently needed state-of-the-art medical equipment, facilities and health care programs close to home.

In 1982, the Foundation was established to provide funding that would improve patient care - whether through medical equipment and technology, operating projects or capital projects. Over the past 25 years, the Foundation has successfully fulfilled its mission through the purchase of millions of dollars worth of medical equipments including a CT Scanner and Angio/Interventional equipment. When the region outgrew the old hospital in downtown Barrie in the mid-90's, residents rallied around RVH and contributed over $15 million through the Foundation to build our new, state-of-the-art facility.

In early 2005, the Foundation launched an ambitious capital campaign to fund a large expansion - an expansion which is vital to the quality of health care available to the region in the future. The goal of the Foundation is to raise the $35 million necessary for the Expansion including the Simcoe-Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre. Click here to learn more about the I Believe Campaign.

We are looking forward to the next decade and the continued developments and growth for RVH. With your help and financial support, we will continue to improve the quality of health care available in our community - close to home.”