Healthy Spaces, Healing Environments: A Mother-Daughter Specialty
Amanda Dixon, the new Indigenous Patient Navigator at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital, is helping change the way Indigenous patients access and experience health care on the coast....
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Down to the Dog, Health Care is a Family Affair
Home care, long term care, family medicine, mental health, palliative care… the Myhill-Jones family have made a mark in many health care areas on the Sunshine Coast....
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One Family, Three Hospital Departments
“So how is your retirement going?” Julie Imbeau, a nurse of 40 years is still dressed in her scrubs and seated next to her husband Ward, laboratory technologist and former part-time department manager at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital. “Great!” she laughs. “We both still work at the hospital.” Not your......
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When Caring Goes Full Circle: One Doctor, Four Generations
Born at Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital in 2021, Gia represents the newest member of the Marino family and the second of Joe and Mandi’s children. The doctor that attended her birth was Dr. Julie Baxter—the same physician who has been caring for four generations of their family. Mandi’s Grandmother “Ma”......
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Family Medicine
Dr. Eric Paetkau is now the only doctor on the Coast who worked at both the hospital in Garden Bay, and Sechelt | shíshálh Hospital....
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Three generations and counting
It all started with the grandparents. And now three generations of family all share in a legacy of service and support for local health care. ...
Generation 2 Generation is Sechelt Hospital Foundation’s new series highlighting families whose lives and legacies are connected to health care on the Sunshine Coast. These stories celebrate community strength, generosity, and the lasting impact of care across generations.
Do you have a story to share? We would love to hear from you and celebrate your legacy.
This series helps preserve local health-care history and recognizes the donors, patients, families, and caregivers who support exceptional care on the Sunshine Coast.