The Weyburn & District Hospital Foundation is happy to welcome a new member to their Board of Directors.

Weyburn's Amanda Bartlett has just been announced as their latest addition and Board Chair Jeff Hayward says they are excited to have her on board.

"Amanda applied to become a board member here before we broke for our summer break from the Hospital Foundation's official meetings in June and has now stepped on board. So we'll have our first official in-person meeting with her here in September when we resume activities."

Hayward said that Bartlett is a young mother of three beautiful girls who keep her and her husband Jerrod busy with their extracurricular activities.

"She's involved in the healthcare industry as a combined X-ray technologist and MRI specialist so her background in healthcare will be valuable to the board," expressed Hayward. "And she's involved in a lot of community activities too so her volunteering will be well received on our board."

As a new board member and a director on the foundation Bartlett will be involved in a number of different decision-making aspects of the foundation and will be able to offer advice on how their funds should be used in the future.

"Hopefully as she moves along she might even more into an executive role somewhere down the line," Hayward added. "As more interest in the hospital comes forward because we do have an announcement for it we are switching out of fundraising for the hospital now for the time being and we'll be continuing to work on our fundraising for the equipment at the new hospital. So there's going to be lots of activity around the new hospital in the coming month and the year ahead here. So we're all very excited about it. On behalf of myself and all of the Board of Directors, we want to congratulate Amanda for joining us and we're looking forward to working with her in the months and years ahead here."

Bartlett hopes to be able to help with providing Weyburn and the surrounding area with a functional hospital with potential attractions for more healthcare services.

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