Entries by Victoria Hospitals Foundation

Caring Spirit: Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson is a Pediatric Physiotherapist with Rehab Services at Victoria General Hospital. Over ten years ago, Maureen worked with a young family to help improve their son’s physical function and quality of life. The boy has now grown into a healthy teenager, and his mother decided to honour Maureen with a Caring Spirit donation […]

Caring Spirit: Dr. Bruce Wong

Watch this touching video about one little boy’s Caring Spirit, Dr. Wong, who saved his life in a matter of minutes. [title size=”2″]HOW TO NAME A CARING SPIRIT AND SUPPORT YOUR HOSPITAL[/title] The Caring Spirit program gives grateful patients and their loved ones the opportunity to pay tribute to doctors, nurses and other hospital caregivers by making a donation […]

Caring Spirits: Intensive Care Unit

Royal Jubilee Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit treats critically ill and severely injured patients, quickly interpreting information to provide essential care that leads to the best possible patient outcomes. The ICU team was recently honoured with a Caring Spirit award! A grateful patient decided to recognize the care her husband received by donating towards a new […]

Caring Spirit: Dr. Brent Lee

Breast Cancer is the most common cancer among women in British Columbia. Dr. Brent Lee and his Breast Imaging Department at Victoria General Hospital perform more than 25,000 imaging procedures every year to help diagnose and treat breast cancer in its earliest stages. Dr. Lee was recently nominated for a Caring Spirit award by a […]

Caring Spirits: Medical Imaging

The amazing Medical Imaging team at Royal Jubilee Hospital has been recognized with a Caring Spirit award! These caregivers help produce high-quality images of the interior of the human body for precise clinical analysis and effective medical intervention. A grateful patient decided to honour this team with a donation to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Medical […]

Caring Spirit – Dr. De Lange

Another Caring Spirit! As a Hospitalist at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Dr. Hendrik De Lange touches the lives of many patients. One former patient decided to honour Dr. De Lange with a Caring Spirit donation towards priority medical equipment for Royal Jubilee. Thank you to the patient for this generous gift, and congratulations Dr. De Lange […]

Caring Spirits: Surgical Services

Jim and Joel fair are retired healthcare professionals who experienced the incredible patient care that our surgical teams provide at Victoria General Hospital. Listen to their story and see what it means to a caregiver when a patient says thank you: Pelase share to help acknowledge the exceptional work of our hosptial teams. Over the […]

TB Vets 70th Anniversary

May 4-10 is 70th Anniversary Week for TB Vets! For seventy years the mission of TB Vets has been to help British Columbians with respiratory illness lead healthy and productive lives. After World War II, a group of returning veterans created the TB Vets Key Tag return program and subsequently the TB Vets Charitable Foundation. […]

Christine Bowles’ Story

Hello, I beat cancer with the help of doctors at Victoria General Hospital’s Breast Imaging Centre — twice. I’m telling my story because I know first-hand how the right diagnosis helps thousands of women like me survive cancer each year. When I was 48 I had a routine screening mammography. I’d never felt a lump […]

Help our hospital detect cancer early

This spring, the Victoria Hospitals Foundation needs your help to raise funds for a new Mammography and Stereotactic Biopsy machine that helps medical teams diagnose breast cancer as quickly and accurately as possible. This advanced new equipment costs $420,000. Together, every generous donation will add up to ensure that we have this essential equipment available for […]