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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).…
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Gut Health: Innovative Research Restores Patients' Quality of Life

COVID-19: Local Research Team Finding Hidden Cases

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…

Public Health: Informing Our Response to Dual Emergencies - The Pandemic & Overdose Crises

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…
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Cognitive Health: Slowing the Rising Tide of Local Dementia

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…

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…

Innovative Care: Bringing the Hospital to Patients at Home

The Hospital at Home project is putting a new twist on the old adage that home is best. Research shows that at home – and in their community – is the best place for many patients to receive care. Hospital at Home is an innovative new model…
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Fran's Story