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A Letter of Thanks from an HAU Patient’s Family
After receiving care in the interim HAU, the family of a local patient sent a letter of thanks to the incredible staff and caregivers. Like the Foundation, they’re grateful for the specially trained staff that support patients in the HAU. Dear Staff of the HAU, I am thanking you with every part of my […]
$500,000 DONATION MATCH INSPIRING COMMUNITY GIVING TO ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL
Seaspan Victoria Shipyards and the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation Initiate Match In Support of the Victoria Hospitals Foundation Seaspan Victoria Shipyards and the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation are matching donations up to $500,000 as part of their $2.65 million transformational commitment to Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF), made in November 2020. With this […]
Save-On-Foods: Helping Local Hospitals
VICTORIA, BC — Today, Save-On-Foods stores in the Greater Victoria Area pledged an incredible $300,000 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation’s It’s Critical campaign to expand critical care capacity at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH). To support this commitment, eight Victoria area Save-On-Foods stores launched ‘Helping Local Hospitals Together’, a series of in-store initiatives to raise money for local critical care expansion, helping patients […]
Local Research Team Finding Hidden Cases of COVID-19
How do you count what you can’t see? Dr. Laura Cowen, a statistician at the University of Victoria, is working with a team of Island Health experts to do just that when it comes to “hidden” COVID-19 cases. The team will estimate the number of undiagnosed cases using statistical models drawn from wildlife ecology. “By […]
Informing Response to Dual Public Health Emergencies: The Pandemic & Overdose Crisis
BC is in the midst of two public health emergencies: the COVID-19 pandemic and the worsening drug overdose crisis. People who use illicit drugs face a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, complications, and mortality due to underlying health conditions and in some cases living conditions which make public health measures such as physical distancing, hand-washing […]
Slowing the Rising Tide of Local Cognitive Health Issues
Vancouver Island has a high population of older adults, and in Greater Victoria the population over age 75 is expected to increase by 115% over the next 20 years. Locally, there is a higher prevalence of dementia in those age 45+ than in other regions, and the incidence of dementia here has been called a […]
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