Donors have completed the funding of a television production and broadcast centre that will enable health-care professionals around the world to learn about life-saving procedures pioneered at St. Paul’s Hospital. The Virtual Teaching Laboratory (VTL) is used to broadcast procedures at St. Paul’s to lecture theatres inside the hospital and locations around the world. Through Read More...
Inside St. Paul’s Hospital’s Maternity Centre The Province reports on their experiences during a week spent in St. Paul’s Hospital’s Maternity Centre Stories Special deliveries: St. Paul’s Hospital a centre for treating and delivering the highest-risk mothers in the province Abandonment issue: Unique Angel’s Cradle hospital’s way to save unwanted newborns Heart problems no longer Read More...
Promise, the bi-annual magazine of St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, provides updates and in-depth features on the innovative and world-leading care, research and teaching taking place at St. Paul’s. Receive a free mail subscription for future issues by emailing your name and address to sphfoundation@providencehealth.bc.ca View back issues of Promise Magazine View our most recent issue Read More...
As a former Vancouver city councillor and physical education instructor, May Brown had devoted her life to community service and physical activity. But after finding herself short of breath during a routine walk, Brown learned that life was at risk due to a failing heart valve. “I found myself deteriorating, had to be sure I Read More...
Surgeons and cardiologists at the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. Paul’s Hospital have a new $3.8-million state-of-the-art cardiac operating room to accommodate the growing number of breakthrough heart procedures being pioneered at the facility. Read More...
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation Director Carson Wu is launching a campaign to raise the funds required to create a high-tech operating suite for patients who require minimally invasive surgery at St. Paul’s. "I am very excited to help raise funds so that St. Paul’s can create a specialized Laparoscopic Surgery Suite for minimally invasive surgery," says Mr. Wu. "This suite will not only contain high tech equipment for surgeons who care for patients from all over the province, but also create the best possible environment for teaching, research and international consultation." Read More...