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...
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...
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....
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...
[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...
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”...
There’s a new structure visible at Sechelt Hospital, and staff are calling it the Zen Den. Physical distancing during COVID has been a particular challenge for health care staff at Sechelt Hospital who do not leave the hospital grounds when outfitted in hospital scrubs and personal protective coverings. During a typical...
If you were a doctor in the emergency department at Sechelt Hospital, what would you want for Christmas? Bear in mind the hospital’s ER sees over 19,000 patients each year, at all hours of the day and night. It turns out what you want is something that will improve care for...
SECHELT, December 2, 2020 – Sophia Boxall-Reimer, the first baby born this year at Sechelt Hospital, won over viewers’ hearts as her mom Katrina Reimer helped her flip the switch and turn on the lights for the giant Holiday Hearts display during an online ceremony on December 1st. “We had a...
