PRIORITIES

St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation raises funds for equipment, research and improved patient care. The hospital’s current needs include support for:

  • Greatest Need Fund
  • Heart + Lung (including the provincial Heart Centre and the Pacific Lung Health Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital)
  • HIV & AIDS research and treatment (including the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul’s Hospital)
  • Palliative Care
  • Kidney Program
  • Addictions/Mental Health

Inspired Care through Inspired Giving

Some of the major initiatives our donors have helped us accomplish include:

  • A new high-definition, low-radiation CT scanner to diagnose patients. St. Paul’s is one of the first hospitals in Canada to use this technology, which is being used for advanced heart imaging as well as CT scans of the liver, kidney, lungs and other areas throughout the body. The high-definition technology means that some patients can be diagnosed without the need of more invasive and costly tests.
  • The completion of the Emergency Innovation Project, resulting in one of the most efficient and technologically advanced emergency departments in the country. Part of the $14.7-million multi-phased project involved opening a new Diagnostic Treatment Unit (DTU) to the public. The DTU is one of the only units of its kind in Canada and allows physicians and staff to provide 24-hour, aggressive diagnosis and treatment of serious conditions like chest pain and asthma in a comfortable, self-contained unit often without the need to admit to hospital.
  • Two 3D-capable echocardiography machines installed in St. Paul’s Heart Centre. These cutting-edge machines show St. Paul’s cardiologists and cardiac specialists the structure and blood flow in the heart and are crucial to performing corrective heart procedures like valve replacements. This new technology will also enable technicians to scan 18,000 patients per year – 80 per cent more than previously.
  • State-of-the-art bronchoscopy and Aperio ScanScope equipment for use in diagnosing serious lung illnesses and creating digital images from glass microscope slides, which will be used for breakthrough care, research and teaching at St. Paul’s. More than 800 donors helped St. Paul’s raise more than $850,000 for the equipment.