Inspired giving

Support from the TB Vets Charitable Foundation will allow some Royal Columbian Hospital patients who face respiratory failure to avoid the need to be intubated. A $25,000 donation has helped to purchase a noninvasive ventilator that supports patients by using a face mask instead of intubation.

Royal Columbian Hospital’s Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine gathered on the hospital’s helipad to celebrate a combined contribution of $150,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

CFL legend Lui Passaglia put on the hospital scrubs in support of a campaign to raise money for colonoscopes. The effort is led by the Jack Gin Foundation, which will match the next $25,000 in donations to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation for colonoscopes. Lui lent his support after undergoing treatment for colon cancer following a diagnosis in 2013.

Interventional cardiologists Drs. Gerald Simkus and Roger Philipp are surrounded by donors who contributed to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation’s Cardiac Care Campaign. Donors gave $3.3 million for a full upgrade of the equipment and technology in the hospital’s two cardiac catheterization labs, the busiest in BC.