Meet Kelly Cox, Executive Medical Director at NRGH, whose leadership and passion for patient care are helping guide healthcare forward in our region. In her Healthcare Spotlight story, Kelly shares the realities facing local healthcare teams, the importance of investing in staff and equipment, and the impact community support has on care across Central Vancouver Island.
Annual Winter Campaign Raises $2.9 Million in Total for Healthcare Priorities Across Central Vancouver Island
Variety, the Children’s Charity is once again supporting families who must travel to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) in 2026. Through a generous $45,000 donation from their Variety Cares Fund, out-of-town families of children receiving care at our hospital will have access to essential travel assistance and supportive resources – helping ease financial stress so…
The Nanaimo Regional Hospital District is interested in immediately funding construction of a cath lab at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, if the province is willing to pay back its share of the loan. (News Bulletin file photo) By Jessica Durling The Nanaimo Regional Hospital District is offering to cover 100 per cent of the costs…
NANAIMO — A first-of-its-kind facility in the province is envisioned to not only improve healthcare options for local seniors, but also reduce emergency room wait times and congestion.
Trevor Cradduck, Local Senior Advocate NANAIMO, BC – November 19, 2025 – This season, the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation (NDHF) is calling on the community to help ensure safer care for seniors. The Foundation has launched its Winter Campaign, aiming to raise $2.3 million for key initiatives, including building and equipping British Columbia’s first Senior Friendly Emergency Unit at…
Will you help will create something remarkable? The very first Senior Friendly Emergency Unit in British Columbia. Dear friend, If you’ve ever waited in an emergency room, you know the truth. The wait can be too long. And when you are sick, or scared, or in pain, every extra minute feels like an eternity. That’s…
When most people think of hospital care, they picture surgical suites, pediatric wards, or specialized health centers. But at the heart of Nanaimo Regional General Hospital are our General Medicine Units—the places patients come when their illness doesn’t have a clear label, but still requires care, compassion, and healing. These units are where recovery takes…
Thank you Hub International Nanaimo for your support of Light the Trees. Visit one of the Hub International Nanaimo locations to pick up a Light the Trees brochure today! Photo: Tanacia Campbell, Branch Manager at Hub International and the Amazing North Nanaimo Town Centre Team
What better way to raise funds to support children in hospital than with a cool lemonade stand on hot days! River has already raised $80 for the Hospital Foundation and plans to continue selling lemonade throughout the summer. The Hospital Foundation is a natural fit for her efforts as River wants to be a doctor…
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.
As a monthly giving donor, you will help build a future of healthcare excellence over time, benefiting the ones you care for most. Together, monthly donors enable long-term, sustainable planning to support the delivery of better healthcare in our community.
Making a donation in memory of a family, friend or other loved one is a wonderful way to honour their memory, while also making a gift that will keep on giving back to the community through better healthcare. Donations are also a great way to celebrate life’s important milestones such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, retirements and more.
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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.