Entries by Victoria Hospitals Foundation

COVID-19: Building a Biobank to Accelerate Research

To empower research that moves from the lab bench to the bedside, Island Health is establishing a Vancouver Island COVID-19 Biobank in collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency, UBC Faculty of Medicine, and other health authorities. The biobank will gather data and biological specimens like blood and plasma samples from COVID-19 patients across the region. […]

Pediatrics: Supporting Families with Kids in Intensive Care

The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at Victoria General Hospital provides the highest levels of care for our youngest and most vulnerable patients. For children and their parents, needing care in the PICU can be a stressful and overwhelming experience. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, PICU patients’ visitors were severely restricted in […]

18th Annual Fix-A-Heart Campaign

Together, We Can Fix Hearts Local Canadian Tire stores have launched the 18th annual Fix-A-Heart campaign to support Victoria Hospitals Foundation and equip the Heart Health program at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH). From November 24 until December 24, 2020 customers at the Hillside, View Royal, Royal Oak, North Saanich and Langford stores, as well as […]

Heart Wealth Management

Meet The Hospital Visionaries Caring For Our Community: Heart Wealth Management Group November 21, 2020 marks the day the Victoria Hospitals Foundation expected to celebrate our 30th annual Visions fundraising gala. When COVID-19 changed everything, what didn’t change was our corporate sponsors’ commitment to our local hospitals. There won’t be a gala this year, not […]