Sudbury hospital's COVID-19 care team wins $585K in monthly 50/50 draw

Some of the people caring for COVID-19 patients in Greater Sudbury good some good news this week: they won Health Sciences North's monthly 50/50 draw, worth $585,472. (Supplied)

Some of the people caring for COVID-19 patients in Greater Sudbury got some good news this week: they won Health Sciences North's monthly 50/50 draw, worth $585,472.

In all, 19 members of HSN's respiratory care unit split the ticket, which was in the name of Helen Guillot.

“This is such an exciting day on our floor and we just can’t believe our luck,” Guillot, a registered nurse on the respiratory care unit, said in a news release.

“I’ve been purchasing HSN 50/50 tickets for a few months now for myself … I came in one day and asked if anyone on the team wanted to buy tickets together. After all was said and done, we had 19 people.”

The prize comes at a great time, she said, with staff still dealing with the two-year-old pandemic.

“This is just such a great boost for us," Guillot said.

"We’ve been in the midst of COVID for two years now and it has been tough. We needed something positive and this wasn’t what we expected, but it really did it!”

With the prize being split 19 ways, Guillot said she had only one thing in mind for her share of the winnings.

“This puts me another step closer to retirement,” she said.

February’s HSN 50/50 draw is live at www.hsn5050.ca. The jackpot is updated online in real-time and continues to grow as more people buy tickets. Each month, half of the total ticket sales support patient care at HSN and the other half goes to the winner.

Tickets for the February draw are available to purchase now, with sales ending at 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 28. The winning ticket will be drawn March 1 at 10 a.m. and posted online.