| 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 | | |
| Powerful Parents part 4: How a patient’s partner went from ‘lost cause’ to loving dad | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/20221219_124234%20(2).jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 4: How a patient’s partner went from ‘lost cause’ to loving dad | In part four of our series on Powerful Parents between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, read how Jean-Pol and Tausha quit substance use with the help of BC Women’s and Together We Can to keep custody of their daughter and create a happy home in Chilliwack. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/powerful-parents-part-4-how-a-patient’s-partner-went-from-‘lost-cause’-to-loving-dad | | 2023-06-15T07:00:00Z | | |
| How to breathe easier during wildfire season when pregnant | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/GettyImages-1011789360.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | How to breathe easier during wildfire season when pregnant | Increasing temperatures and dry weather have contributed to the rise in wildfires across the province. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/how-to-breathe-easy-during-wildfire-season-when-pregnant | | 2023-06-13T07:00:00Z | | |
| Powerful Parents part 3: Partners of patients at BC Women’s receive substance use treatment | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/frank%20collage.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Powerful Parents part 3: Partners of patients at BC Women’s receive substance use treatment | After 14 years of substance use, Frank has stopped for nine months now, thanks to the birth of his son, BC Women's and Together We Can. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/powerful-parents-part-3-partners-of-patients-at-bc-women’s-receive-substance-use-treatment | | 2023-06-08T07:00:00Z | | |
| Milk donor tells story of loss and giving | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/stephanie%20and%20Nell.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Milk donor tells story of loss and giving | In honour of World Day of Human Milk Donation, Provincial Milk Bank donor Stephanie shares her heart-wrenching story - a mother processing her grief while helping others. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bcw-milk-donor-tells-story-of-loss-and-giving | | 2023-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
| The importance of milk donation for micro-preemie baby | <img alt="" src="/news-stories-site/PublishingImages/Screenshot_20230512_202357_Gallery.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | The importance of milk donation for micro-preemie baby | May 19 is World Day of Human Milk Donation and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre is in need of donors. BC Provincial Milk Bank donor, Lisa Naylor, tells the story of her daughter's premature birth and the "liquid gold" that helped save her. | http://www.bcwomens.ca/about/news-stories/stories/the-importance-of-milk-donation-for-micro-preemie-baby | | 2023-05-19T07:00:00Z | | |
