Entries by Victoria Hospitals Foundation

2013 Fix-A-Heart Campaign Raises $52,000!

Local Canadian Tire stores raised more than $52,000 at the till over the holiday season for Heart Health at Royal Jubilee Hospital. Since 2003, the Fix-A-Heart Campaign has raised more than $609,000. Thank you to everyone who contributed – the goal is to ultimately reach $1 million for Heart Health! The event began in 2003, when […]

Vision Travel / Viking River Cruise

Book any Viking River Cruise through Vision Travel in Victoria between now and January 31, 2014 and Vision Travel will donate $200 per cabin  to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Book a Grand European Tour aboard the Viking Magni and Vision Travel will make a $500 donation. Viking River Cruises is the world’s most award-winning river cruise line. Take a […]

Thank You! 2013 Spring Campaign

THANK YOU to everyone who supported to our 2013 Spring Campaign to fund a Gamma-CT Scanner at Royal Jubilee Hospital. Your enthusiastic response was touching – more than 2000 donors contributed to this to vital equipment! The Gamma-CT scanner is one of Medical Imaging’s  most used pieces of equipment. It allows doctors to help community members with […]

2013 Fall Campaign

This fall, we are raising $4 million to fund the remaining leading-edge medical equipment for the Patient Care Centre. And remember! BC business leader Jim Pattison will match any new donation made to the Patient Care Centre up to $5 million. Every dollar you give to the Patient Care Centre will instantly become two! Just some […]

Uplands hits $2 million for Heart Health!

Congratulations to the men and women of Uplands Golf Club on a tremendous achievement. The Cardiac Care Unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital is a world class facility, and the golfers and sponsors at Uplands are helping keep it that way. The 2013 Men’s, Women’s and Juniors’ Heart Tournaments raised $140,000 for cardiac rehabilitation equipment, including a Telemetry Monitoring System that […]

Give Patients a Pinpoint Diagnosis

This spring, the Victoria Hospitals Foundation aims to raise $375,000 toward the purchase of a Gamma-CT Scanner for Diagnostic Services at Royal Jubilee Hospital. To pinpoint a tumour or find the exact location of an infection or serious bone pain, a patient could previously go through two or more medical scans. Each of these tests […]

One Patient’s Story: Carrie

“I’m Carrie Birch. I’m 42 and I’ve been fighting cancer with the help of doctors at Royal Jubilee Hospital. I never imagined, given my age and good health, I’d have to count on my hospital to keep me alive. But strange as it is to say, I feel lucky this happened in Victoria, where we’re […]