In support of our campaign, You Are Vital: Pediatrics, Dr. Jeffrey Bishop shares a few remarks about the important role of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Victoria General Hospital (VGH). The Unit is in critical need of new monitors – for more information and to donate, please visit www.victoriahf.ca/vitalkids. What does your day […]
We recently received an extraordinarily generous gift from Mr. Didar S. (Ted) Doman, one of British Columbia’s most highly regarded business leaders. The $800,000 donation will fund a much needed renovation to Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Cardiac Short Stay unit. Built in 2002, the Cardiac Short Stay unit is an 18-bed, 4-chair recovery unit for patients […]
Longstanding Salt Spring Island residents Robert and Birgit Bateman are both artists, naturalists and retired high school art teachers. By way of their charity organization, the Bateman Foundation, they aim to engage people with the beauty and excitement of nature through the lens of art. Research shows that spending time in nature has significant health […]
Victoria General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is hosting its 35th annual reunion party for ‘graduates’ of the unit on Thursday, August 8th. Since 1984, families and graduates of the NICU have come to VGH every summer to celebrate with staff members who helped them during their time of need. The event is for […]
The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is thrilled to once again be a charity partner for the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon! Please consider joining our team, Heroes for Hospitals, and register now at https://www.runvictoriamarathon.com/ All funds raised through this event will contribute to priority medical equipment at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General Hospital. Whether participating in the marathon, […]
A complicated pregnancy is not the experience an expectant mother dreams about. Despite a relatively straightforward pregnancy with my first son, Theodore, I was told that that my second pregnancy might be a difficult one. Diagnosed with the chronic illness Crohn’s Disease at 13 years old, I am no stranger to hospitals. I have had […]
Very early in my career, I determined I wanted to support the healthy development of newborns, especially the ill and premature infants. As a neonatologist, my job is to help these newly born babies on Vancouver Island during the first few seconds, hours and days of their precious lives, and continue to care for them […]
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