Quilt for NICU
Thank you to Sharon Dickinson for this beautiful, handmade quilt for the NICU at NRGH! The blanket will help provide much comfort to a family and their baby.
Thank you to Sharon Dickinson for this beautiful, handmade quilt for the NICU at NRGH! The blanket will help provide much comfort to a family and their baby.
The Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation supports leading edge care by funding professional development for medical staff. Whether it is a broader toolkit to assist patients in psychiatric or palliative care or advancements in post-surgical care, the Hospital Foundation is committed to funding relevant, transferable and innovative learning to support better health outcomes for patients….
Thank you to the RBC Foundation for the incredible $20,000 donation for cardiac equipment at NRGH and Oceanside Health Centre in Parksville! Once the project is complete, cardiac exam wait times will be reduced by as much as 50% and 95% of cardiac pre and post-surgical and procedural care will be able to be delivered in our…
Thank you to Vancouver Island Mack and their employees for their generous $1,250 donation for our cardiac campaign! Funds were raised through their Christmas party including items made and auctioned off by staff. This year marks nine years of giving!
Thank you to Island Aggregates and their employees for their generous $1,250 donation for cardiac care expansion at NRGH and Oceanside Health Centre in Parksville! Funds were raised through their staff Christmas party.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Lantzville for their generous $1,000 donation for expansion of cardiac services at NRGH and Oceanside Health Centre in Parksville! Photo: Doug Slowki, Director, Community Service Committee, Lantzville Rotary and Janice Perrino, CEO, Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation
Thank you to Jesse’s Gift Foundation for their $7,330 donation! The funds were raised through a raffle for WestJet tickets and will be used to purchase a washer and dryer for the NICU at NRGH. Having their own W/D in their department is much more convenient and allows the paediatric staff to use detergents that are…
Thank you to Kanon for dropping off these two stuffed toys for children in the hospital! These cuddly toys will provide much comfort when needed most. His mum Natasha is a Nurse Educator at NRGH.
Thank you to everyone who donated Teddy Bears and toys for children who receive medical care at NRGH! Due to your generosity, we exceeded our goal and have enough on hand for months.
Thank you to the Medical Device Reprocessing Department at NRGH for their donation of 94 Teddy Bears and toys! With this latest donation, our tally is well over 1,000 and have enough to provide comfort to children visiting the hospital for medical care for months.
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Planning for the future is an important part of what we do, and planned gifts from our generous, visionary donors help ensure better healthcare for generations to come. Planned gifts we accept include Charitable Bequests through Wills, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Charitable Gift Annuities, Gifts of Stock and more. For more information about making a planned gift to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, please click the link below.
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Cancer Care
Our work continues to support local cancer care in Nanaimo, including specialized pathology equipment to examine tissue biopsies for suspected cases of cancer. We’re also helping to move forward the project around a regional cancer center, keeping patients closer to their support networks. This essential area of care is long overdue, and has affected so many families on the island.
Community and Family Health
This area gives focus to children’s health, family doctor recruitment support with the Division of Family Practice, occupational health, palliative care, senior’s care, and education as well as other support for our nurses. We have already had excellent success in this area, with the recruitment of new doctors, and more on the way. Several key partnerships are already in place, and we continue to pursue additional alliances to expand our circle of impact.
Critical Care
Critical Care includes all acute care – emergency, ICU and HAU, and surgery. In June 2023, the new ICU opened with all the required critical equipment funded by
community donors and has been operating at full capacity since then. We are excited to share that the HAU is on track for expected completion by summer 2025, ensuring that our community has access to the highest standard of care.
Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our community, and a transformational gift from the Windsor Plywood Foundation, we have almost achieved our fundraising goal.
Heart and Stroke Care
This area of care includes a new cath lab and equipment, as well as several recent equipment purchases such as echocardiology machine & TEE probe, cardiac ultrasound, a cardiac stress test system, two wireless ECG machines, an echo stretcher, power chairs for our pacemaker clinic, and a Holter scanning system. Costs were also covered for additional staff training on advanced cardiac life support, and heart dysrhythmia.
Innovation
It is only through innovation that we can ensure we maintain the highest standards of care for our community. “We have always done it that way” is not an acceptable answer for our team. We know that to be a driving force in improving healthcare in Central and North Vancouver Island, we must constantly seek new and innovative ways to pursue our vision.
We continue to press for innovation in the areas of advocacy, laboratory services, medical imaging, medical professional education, and pharmacy, among others.
And once again, mutually beneficial partnerships grounded in the desire to improve healthcare outcomes are key to the Foundation having an impact well beyond our traditional resources.
Mental Health
We continue to seek out ways to improve and expand medical detox, VI scan (Vancouver Island Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect program), and youth wellness outreach. These essential areas are interwoven with other areas of care, and we seek ways to innovate and create greater impact.