Entries by Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Thank You, Rexall Foundation

We recently met with the Rexall Foundation to accept a cheque for $10,000 toward the purchase of four new Pediatric Bronchoscopy Sets for our pediatric operating rooms at Victoria General Hospital. Each of the four sets is specifically designed for infants, toddlers, children, or adolescents. This equipment helps our surgical teams examine and remove foreign bodies or […]

Caring Spirit: The Maternity Ward at VGH

Congratulations to the Nurses in the Maternity Ward at Victoria General Hospital on receiving a Caring Spirit award! The Labour, Delivery, and Recovery Nurses were recognized by the husband of a patient who was in their care, giving birth to their second child. He wanted to acknowledge their meaningful work, so he made a donation […]

Caring Spirit: RJH Security Office

Melissa and Nick, Protection Services Officers for Island Health, have received a Caring Spirit award! As part of the Security Office at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Melissa and Nick provide timely, heart-centered service to the hospital and its patients. A grateful family recently chose to honour Melissa and Nick with a Caring Spirit donation to the […]

Caring Spirit: RJH Cardiovascular Unit

Congratulations to the Cardiovascular Unit at Royal Jubilee Hospital on receiving a Caring Spirit award! A grateful family of a patient in their care wanted to recognize CVU staff, nurses and surgeons for the outstanding treatment they received. Our Cardiac teams perform 3-5 cardiac surgeries every day on patients from all over Vancouver Island. Because […]

Spring Campaign Impact: Endoscopy Departments

Dr. Denis Petrunia is a Gastroenterologist with Island Health & the Colonoscopy Lead for the Provincial Cancer Screening Program If you or a loved one have faced cancer, you know just how suddenly you rely on your physicians and care teams to have the best diagnostic and treatment tools. Sadly, 40% of us will be […]

Carl Peterson Shares His Story

Fighting cancer isn’t easy. I know this firsthand because I’ve lived with it for almost three decades. In 1988 — 28 years ago — I was diagnosed with leukemia. At the time, my prognosis wasn’t good. I was given between just one and five years to live. Obviously my family and I were devastated. But […]

Spring Campaign Impact: Our Laboratories

Dr. Brian Berry is the Division Chief, Hematopathology, Laboratory Medicine for Island Health You may not immediately think of diagnostic lab work when you think of saving patients’ lives. But the sophisticated analysis we do each day guides almost every course of treatment throughout the hospital. The pillar of our department is the system we use […]

HELP ENHANCE CANCER CARE

This spring, we need your help to raise funds for urgent upgrades to our hospital’s cancer care equipment.  These improvements will cost $366,000 and we cannot do it without our generous donors. For people in our community with cancer—and many other critical illnesses—this equipment will increase their chance for survival at every stage of their […]

Thank You VGH Auxiliary

We recently met with the Victoria General Hospital Auxiliary to accept a cheque for $6,686! The VGH Auxiliary is a charitable society of members who run the gift shop and organize various fundraising initiatives for equipment purchases at Victoria General Hospital. Every winter, these hardworking Auxiliary volunteers organize Poinsettias 4 Patients, a campaign to sell holiday […]