In the News

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

Posted at 22:23h in In the News

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...

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

Posted at 16:48h in In the News

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...

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

Posted at 18:36h in In the News

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...

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23 Aug Specialized Freezer for Sechelt Hospital Pharmacy

Posted at 23:01h in In the News

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...

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28 Mar Hospice House – Sunshine Coast Hospice Society

Posted at 15:31h in In the News

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....

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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!

Posted at 20:11h in In the News

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...

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01 Feb Paving Strong Neighbourly Relations

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...

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17 Nov Holiday Hearts lighting Ceremony

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03 Nov Sechelt Hospital Celebrates a New Arrival

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...

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