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...
Our donors often see the future of local health care very clearly, and they act on those insights. Case in point, local retired school teacher, Mary Lou Owen who has stepped forward once again, to help transform and expand Medical Imaging at Sechelt Hospital. Sechelt Hospital Foundation and Vancouver Coastal Health...
The Impact of Gifts in Action: Renovation of Sechelt Hospital's Laboratory. With Sechelt Hospital Foundation's commitment of $400,000 of donor contributions, the renovations of Sechelt Hospital's Laboratory began in April 2022. These renovations have greatly improved physical workflows, the lab space is now more easily navigated, and there are centralized storage areas resulting in a streamlined...
After hours in Sechelt Hospital's Surgical Services department, Clinical Coordinator Brenda Rowe provided a tour of our local operating rooms for a very special donor and members of Sechelt Hospital Foundation. Demonstrating the recently purchased Anesthetic Machine, monitors and an Omnicell automated anesthesia cart, Brenda explained how this new equipment securely...
