BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society launch Indigenous housing site in Kelowna | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/BCWH%20NR%20(Instagram%20post)%20(Instagram%20Post)%20(Postcard%20(US))%20(1).png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre and Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society launch Indigenous housing site in Kelowna | Tupa’s Lodge will offer essential support to Indigenous mothers, birthing parents, and their infants/children who have struggled with substance use and reside in the interior of the province. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-womens-hospital-health-centre-and-ki-low-na-friendship-society-launch-indigenous-housing-site-in-kelowna | | 2024-08-26T07:00:00Z | | |
BC Women’s Hospital welcomes influx of multiple infant births this Spring | <img alt="" height="361" src="/PublishingImages/Megan.jpg" width="475" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s Hospital welcomes influx of multiple infant births this Spring | Providers delivered an incredible nine sets of twins, and two sets of triplets from April 26 through to early May. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/bc-women’s-hospital-welcomes-influx-of-multiple-infant-births-this-spring | | 2024-05-17T07:00:00Z | | |
BC Women’s Hospital study finds significant benefits of endometriosis surgery in reducing pain, enhancing quality of life for patients | <img alt="BC Women's Hospital Entrance" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/BC%20Women%27s%20Hospital%20Entrance.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s Hospital study finds significant benefits of endometriosis surgery in reducing pain, enhancing quality of life for patients | A new BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (BCWH) study, published in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, offers new insights on the life-changing impact of surgery on women and people living with endometriosis and pelvic pain. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/endometriosis-study | | 2024-03-07T08:00:00Z | | |
BC Women’s Hospital and Research Institute leadership guide provincial and federal policies to introduce universal contraception for all Canadians | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/IMG_3148.jpeg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s Hospital and Research Institute leadership guide provincial and federal policies to introduce universal contraception for all Canadians | On Thursday, February 29, 2024, Canada's Federal Pharmacare program announced their plan to provide universal free contraception to all people in Canada. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/new-federal-contraception-policy | | 2024-03-01T08:00:00Z | | |
BC Women’s Hospital records the delivery of over 6,000 infants in 2023 | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/RBP-20231030-7818_MABC.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s Hospital records the delivery of over 6,000 infants in 2023 | | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-womens-hospital-records-the-delivery-of-over-6000-infants-in-2023 | | 2024-01-24T08:00:00Z | | |
Register to donate cord blood and you can give life twice | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Iris.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Register to donate cord blood and you can give life twice | In 1988, Dr. Eliane Gluckman successfully performed a cord blood stem cell transplant to save the life of a boy with a rare inherited condition that leads to gradual bone marrow failure. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/register-to-donate-cord-blood-and-you-can-give-life-twice | | 2023-12-07T08:00:00Z | | |
BC Children’s and BC Women’s hospitals lead effort to launch one of the most complex diagnostic services ever provided in province | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/genomw.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Children’s and BC Women’s hospitals lead effort to launch one of the most complex diagnostic services ever provided in province | In a first for B.C., patients have received genome-wide sequencing results through a fully Canadian-based service. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/hospital-leads-effort-to-launch-one-of-the-most-complex-diagnostic-services-ever-provided-in-province | | 2023-11-20T08:00:00Z | | |
Giving people a reason to smile | <img alt="Indervir Deol, respiratory therapist, NICU, BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre" src="/PublishingImages/indervir-deol-phsa-plus-external.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Giving people a reason to smile | Despite the challenge of being a NICU respiratory therapist at BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, Indervir Deol’s positivity and compassion brings joy to everyone he meets. Learn more about this 2023 PHSA+ Award recipient. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/indervir-deol-2023-phsa-plus-recipient | | 2023-10-27T07:00:00Z | | |
Following her love of science: Meet the newest C&W executive | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Ruth%20Appanah%20edit-2.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Following her love of science: Meet the newest C&W executive | | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/following-her-love-of-science-meet-the-newest-c-w-executive | | 2023-10-13T07:00:00Z | | |
BC Women’s launches pilot to understand community needs for people giving birth who use substances | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/group%20shot.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | BC Women’s launches pilot to understand community needs for people giving birth who use substances | BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre announced a new 15-community-bed pilot across the Lower Mainland and in Victoria, to help address the unique health and housing needs of people with substance use concerns who are giving birth.
| http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-women’s-launches-pilot-to-understand-community-needs-for-people-giving-birth-who-use-substances | | 2023-10-11T07:00:00Z | | |