Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation is grateful to share that the Wubs Family Foundation has made a generous gift to strengthen critical care at Royal Columbian Hospital. Their contribution has fully funded a new Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) device, a life-saving technology used for the hospital’s most complex and urgent cardiac and respiratory cases.
Royal Columbian Hospital is one of the province’s busiest hospitals, serving a population of more than two million people throughout the Fraser Health region. As a regional referral hospital for cardiac, trauma, neurosciences, high-risk obstetrics, and neonatal intensive care, our teams care for some of the most critically ill and injured patients from across British Columbia. The need for advanced tools and technology continues to grow as demand for specialized care increases.
The addition of a new ECMO(also known as ECLS) will support clinicians during the most critical moments of patient care. ECMO provides vital heart and lung support when a patient is unable to do so on their own, giving clinical teams precious time to stabilize patients and deliver expert treatment.
We are deeply thankful for the Wubs family’s meaningful commitment to improving health care in British Columbia. Their generosity is helping Royal Columbian clinicians deliver exceptional care and giving patients and families renewed hope during some of the most difficult moments of their lives.