Donors help drive culture shift in patient care

New Westminster, B.C. – {April 30, 2018} – Better patient care, greater efficiency and lower costs are among the goals […]

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Grant brings warmth to fragile newborns at Royal Columbian

New Westminster, B.C. – {April 3, 2018} – Newborns in need of intensive care at Royal Columbian Hospital are being […]

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Mental health campaign benefits from Pacific Blue Cross gift

New Westminster, B.C. – {March 27, 2018} – Pacific Blue Cross is helping to shine a light on mental health […]

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Donors fund big needs at Royal Columbian

Dr. Sue Sidhu is among the surgeons at Royal Columbian Hospital who can fix severely broken ribs by using a […]

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Champions of Philanthropy 2017

  For seven years, Jackie Askew managed Royal Columbian Hospital’s Emergency Department – among the busiest in the province and […]

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Royal Columbian clinic to screen for limb-threatening condition

Hundreds of patients at-risk of a common but under-recognized circulatory problem are expected to be assessed annually by a new clinic at Royal Columbian Hospital.

The vascular lab – launched with a $40,000 contribution from Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation – is the first in Fraser Health and only the third in Metro Vancouver.

The service will cater to people with symptoms that suggest peripheral artery disease (PAD), which is a narrowing of the arteries other than those that supply the heart or the brain.

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Foundation announces 2017/18 Board of Directors

{July 10, 2017} – Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce and congratulate the members of its volunteer Board […]

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BMO takes lead on mental health at Royal Columbian with $1M gift

New Westminster, B.C. – {April 6, 2017} – BMO Financial Group is making a major contribution to Royal Columbian Hospital […]

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Royal Columbian Hospital redevelopment moves forward

New Westminster, B.C. – {April 6, 2017} –A new acute-care tower, a larger emergency department, and upgrades to existing spaces […]

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Donors help Royal Columbian purchase world’s smallest heart-lung machine

A medical team from Royal Columbian Hospital that is called upon by the region’s other hospitals to take over the care of critically ill patients is now travelling much lighter thanks to donors to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.

Generous support has allowed the hospital’s Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) team – the only mobile retrieval team of its kind in the province – to become the first in British Columbia to acquire the CARDIOHELP system, a portable machine that takes over the function of the heart and lungs when a patient’s health is rapidly deteriorating.

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