In the News

14 Jun Donor Mary Lou Owen Makes Transforming Gift Towards Medical Imaging for Sechelt Hospital

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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...

28 Mar Renovation of Sechelt Hospital’s Laboratory

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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...

22 Mar Mary Lou Owen donates $148,000 towards critical Operating Equipment at Sechelt Hospital

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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...

24 Nov BC Cancer’s Mobile Mammography Unit comes to the Coast!

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Supporting early detection is the best defence against cancer. Next month, Sechelt Hospital Foundation and Vancouver Coastal Health are welcoming BC Cancer’s Mobile Mammography Unit to the Coast! The van will be offering breast cancer screenings in Sechelt from December 6 to 9. “Having the BC Cancer team here in Sechelt...

03 Nov Two new blood and IV rapid infusers arrive at Sechelt Hospital

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Major donation allows for new medical equipment in Emergency Department and Operating Rooms. Sechelt Hospital welcomes the arrival of two new Belmont Rapid Blood and IV Infusers. Any high trauma or emergency patients will now have access to the “gold standard” of rapid blood and IV infusers. This state-of-the-art upgrade was...

23 Aug Specialized Freezer for Sechelt Hospital Pharmacy

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As the Sunshine Coast population continues to grow, Sechelt Hospital’s Pharmacy department has faced increasing demands for a growing inventory of medications, some of which require proper storage in a freezer. The hospital pharmacy approached Sechelt Hospital Foundation for a pharmaceutical grade freezer. In early 2022, the Hospital Foundation was contacted...

28 Mar Hospice House – Sunshine Coast Hospice Society

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We all depend on our hospital’s terrific doctors, nurses and staff who work tirelessly to provide medical and acute care for residents of the Lower Sunshine Coast. Sechelt Hospital Foundation raises funds for critical equipment and special projects to enhance patient care at the hospital and throughout the entire Sunshine Coast....

28 Mar Loan Cupboard – Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary

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03 Mar Examining More Closely: Sechelt Hospital gets a new portable x-ray machine!

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Sometimes when a patient is unable to be transported, their health care team needs to do an x-ray exam wherever they are in Sechelt Hospital. Last year, over 13,500 x-ray exams were performed on patients at Sechelt Hospital; over 1,000 of those exams required portable x-ray assistance. Medical Imaging currently provides portable x-ray exams...

01 Feb Paving Strong Neighbourly Relations

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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...