[caption id="attachment_5905" align="alignright" width="505"] Pictured above: Victoria LeBas, Nurse, with Autumn Dykstra, the grateful patient who requested headsets for the infusion and chemotheraphy room in the Ambulatory Care Unit at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital.[/caption] One large room with twelve treatment spaces full of patients can get slightly disruptive, with beeps, dings,...
When the need for new equipment arises at our hospital, our generous donor community continues to step in. Sechelt Hospital Foundation is thrilled to share that just last week, Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital has upgraded to the latest in echocardiography equipment, thanks to the power of philanthropy. An echocardiogram or “echo,” is...
Another New Year and another birthday celebration missed. A candle blown out too soon. Hog, who also goes by the stage name Usually Trespassing, lost his brother Marcel L’Abbée in 2017 to the fentanyl crisis in Canada. To celebrate his brother’s memory on what would have been his birthday, Hog organized...
Benefit Show Raises Awareness for Mental Health and Addictions A pair of arms struggling to climb out of a dense thicket of thorns. A crown fallen in the darkness. “In Loving Memory of Marcel L’Abbée.” The artwork selected for The Mental Health and Addiction Benefit Show is a fitting tribute to a...
Sechelt Hospital Foundation is delighted to announce that Sue Carruthers has been named Chair of the Board of Directors, with Courtney Pratt now serving as Vice-Chair and Ruth Rodgers as Secretary, and Frank Belfry continuing to serve as Treasurer. The move was announced at the Foundation’s Annual General Meeting in...
Sechelt Hospital Foundation signs longstanding fundraising partner as major gift donor Sechelt, BC — Renovations now underway in Sechelt (shíshálh) Hospital’s Emergency Department have gotten one big step closer to being fully funded, thanks to a gift of $250,000 from the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary. The designated gift will go towards...
Sechelt, BC — The latest cohort of Sunshine Coast healthcare workers furthering their medical education gathered beneath the big red heart at Sechelt Hospital. David Silverman, Paul Jung, Megan Lacey, and Kelsey Oxley are all members of the Medical Imaging team. They are studying to expand their diagnostic certifications to include...
Donations bring new incubators and life-saving gear to Sechelt Hospital maternity ward Sechelt, B.C.—As Vancouver Coastal Health’s Sechelt Hospital prepares to deliver the last baby of 2023, (151 and counting!), the wrappers have just come off five new “Panda” warmers, a “Giraffe” incubator and six neonatal heart monitors for each room...
Dietitian’s Top 3 Tips for a Healthier Holiday Season (That don’t the ditch the dessert!) With the holiday season fast-approaching, many of us are filling our calendars with party invitations, and our grocery carts with foods we wouldn’t normally buy. For those living with diabetes, or anyone with healthy-eating goals, the holidays...
Sechelt Hospital Foundation and Vancouver Coastal Health outfit Sunshine Coast RCMP vehicles with life-saving equipment Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) now available in all first-on-the-scene vehicles Photo by Leslie Ghag. Jane Macdonald, Executive Director of Sechelt Hospital Foundation (left) and Marie Duperreault, Director at Vancouver Coastal Health (right) meet with RCMP officers outside...
