Author: sechelthf

01 Feb

Posted at 23:07h in In the News

While celebrating the birth of their second child at Sechelt Hospital, Joe and Mandi Marino gazed out the window and across the parking lot to their new store, Marino’s Independent Grocer.  A lot had happened for their young family between September and December of 2021; from buying a business and moving...

03 Nov

Posted at 23:07h in In the News

Thanks to a gift from a donor’s will, the Sechelt Hospital Foundation quickly approved a request for funding to replace an aging ultrasound machine in Sechelt Hospital’s Medical Imaging Department.  As specified by the estate’s executor, the donor wished to have the funds go to ‘support capital equipment for the...

17 Jun

Posted at 20:01h in In the News, Our Stories

Jane McOuat Farrer, together with her personal doctor, Dr. Joerg Jaschinski, and her friend, Dr. Ron Mundy, honoured her late husband’s memory at a moving, safely distanced meeting, at the Sechelt Hospital Foundation offices. Jane donated a significant gift to be dedicated to supporting “what the community needs”: expanded surgical services...

26 May

Posted at 14:53h in In the News

The Sechelt Hospital Foundation continues to receive generous support for local health care resources, the most recent coming from Jason Wubs, CEO of Westland Insurance and Jeff Wubs, Founder. The two shared their family’s and organization’s commitment to supporting health care in the communities where Westland operates its insurance business....

30 Mar

Posted at 14:59h in In the News

Presented by Sechelt Hospital Foundation supporters, Kate & Dave Barratt “ The pandemic has presented many challenges but it’s nice to know that with vaccines becoming available, we should soon be back to more normal lives with friends and family. When your turn comes, as a gesture of thankfulness for the opportunity...

12 Mar

Posted at 18:11h in In the News

[caption id="attachment_2708" align="alignright" width="412"] Hendri Eksteen and Marius Welgemoed[/caption] We are two psychiatrists passionate about mental health. After identifying various factors adversely affecting mental health in our small community, we decided more had to be done to support individuals and families in need. We have grown into a group of physicians and...

26 Feb

Posted at 21:18h in In the News

Physicians at Sechelt Hospital work to take care of a steady stream of community members, and they need a place to decompress, to converse, to connect and to catch a deep breath. [caption id="attachment_2670" align="alignright" width="284"] Medical Staff Association leaders, Dr. Karen Forgie and Dr. Brian Nelson, seated below “Clearing Skies”...

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