Congratulations to the Nurses in the Maternity Ward at Victoria General Hospital on receiving a Caring Spirit award! The Labour, Delivery, and Recovery Nurses were recognized by the husband of a patient who was in their care, giving birth to their second child. He wanted to acknowledge their meaningful work, so he made a donation […]
Melissa and Nick, Protection Services Officers for Island Health, have received a Caring Spirit award! As part of the Security Office at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Melissa and Nick provide timely, heart-centered service to the hospital and its patients. A grateful family recently chose to honour Melissa and Nick with a Caring Spirit donation to the […]
Congratulations to the Cardiovascular Unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital on receiving a Caring Spirit award! A grateful family of a patient in their care wanted to recognize CVU staff, nurses and surgeons for the outstanding treatment they received. Our Cardiac teams perform 3-5 cardiac surgeries every day on patients from all over Vancouver Island. Because […]
Dr. Denis Petrunia is a Gastroenterologist with Island Health & the Colonoscopy Lead for the Provincial Cancer Screening Program If you or a loved one have faced cancer, you know just how suddenly you rely on your physicians and care teams to have the best diagnostic and treatment tools. Sadly, 40% of us will be […]
Fighting cancer isn’t easy. I know this firsthand because I’ve lived with it for almost three decades. In 1988 — 28 years ago — I was diagnosed with leukemia. At the time, my prognosis wasn’t good. I was given between just one and five years to live. Obviously my family and I were devastated. But […]
Dr. Brian Berry is the Division Chief, Hematopathology, Laboratory Medicine for Island Health You may not immediately think of diagnostic lab work when you think of saving patients’ lives. But the sophisticated analysis we do each day guides almost every course of treatment throughout the hospital. The pillar of our department is the system we use […]
This spring, we need your help to raise funds for urgent upgrades to our hospital’s cancer care equipment. These improvements will cost $366,000 and we cannot do it without our generous donors. For people in our community with cancer—and many other critical illnesses—this equipment will increase their chance for survival at every stage of their […]
We recently met with the Victoria General Hospital Auxiliary to accept a cheque for $6,686! The VGH Auxiliary is a charitable society of members who run the gift shop and organize various fundraising initiatives for equipment purchases at Victoria General Hospital. Every winter, these hardworking Auxiliary volunteers organize Poinsettias 4 Patients, a campaign to sell holiday […]
Congrats to Dr. Darren Behn on receiving a Caring Spirit award! Dr. Behn is one of many outstanding Island Health physicians dedicated to providing exceptional optical care for our community. Ophthalmologists like Dr. Behn diagnose and treat all eye diseases and perform eye surgery to correct vision problems. Dr. Behn was recognized by a grateful patient […]
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