Tim Hortons staff deliver more than $21,000 to Janice Perrino (left) and Brenda Rositano (2nd from left) of the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation. The gift is possible thanks to Smile Cookie customer purchases and the enthusiasm of staff. Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada sell one dollar “smile cookies” for a week every September. The…
Janice Perrino, of the Hospital Foundation, receives a $1,000 donation for the new CT Scanner from Maureen Pamplin and Carol Haas of the Preceptor Delta Zeta – Beta Sigma Phi. Thanks to members of the Preceptor Delta Zeta – Beta Sigma Phi who graciously donated $1,000 to the Hospital Foundation’s first- ever Christmas Campaign. The…
The Abreast of Life Dragon Boat Team of survivors delivered a $4,500 to Janice Perrino of the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, for the local fight against breast cancer. Driven by their own fight against breast cancer, the Abreast of Life dragon boat team continues to push themselves in support of diagnostic equipment for people…
The Nanaimo Wave Babes: Sue Flint, Pat Work, Kris King, Anita Sundberg, Vicky Scheltgem, Barb Parker, together with one of their sponsors Paul Shorting of Regional Recycling (missing: Woodgrove Centre and DBL Disposal Services) contribute $10,350 to Janice Perrino, CEO of the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation. DBL Disposal Services, Regional Recycling, and Woodgrove Centre,…
Photo, left to right: Representing the Cottonwood Ladies Golf Club April Mathers (Secretary), Chris Frederickson (Fundraising Chair), Lyndsay Hunley (Field Day Chair), and Janice Perrino (CEO) of the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation. What an amazing group of ladies! The Cottonwood Ladies Golf Club hosts a “Field Day” fundraiser every second September. The popular event…
Photo from left to right: Janice Perrino, CEO Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, Jenna Mayzes and Darrell Mayzes, United Floors. United Floors owner Darrell Mayzes and his daughter Jenna Mayzes presented the Foundation’s Janice Perrino with a donation of $1,500 to go towards funding the new CT scanner at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. United Floors…
Photo left to right: Shauna Kazeil, Manager of Acute Pediatric & Perinatal Services, Child Youth & Family; Trina Knight, Clinical Coordinator Child Youth & Family; Sheri Shanahan, Jesse’s Gift (centre); Mark Durban, NICU RN; Lisa Bakker, NICU RN. “Jesse’s Gift” was established three years ago to help other premature babies and their families facing health…
(Left to right) from the Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary Kathy Allen & President Pam Fraser present Janice Perrino, Foundation CEO with a cheque for $25,000. The Ladysmith Health Care Auxiliary continues to contribute to the health and wellness of their community. In October the group donated $25,000 to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation’s Christmas…
Mambo Gourmet Pizza is serving up delicious, made-to-order pizza pies AND delivering generous donations to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) toward the Foundation’s first ever Christmas Campaign. For two generations Mambo owners have helped healthcare here at home because NRGH has helped their family when needed. Owners, Marc and Amanda Fillion, happily gave $500 to…
Janice Perrino, Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation CEO, receives generous gift from John Briuolo, Managing Partner and Co-Owner Quality Foods and Dianna Rivard, Executive Assistant at Quality Foods. Quality Foods continues its good works in the communities it serves by contributing $10,000 to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation in support of the purchase of…
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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.