"After the surgery…he was put on a special oscillating ventilator to help him breathe. We learned there is only one of these special ventilators at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH). You really have no idea how important it is to have this special equipment and technology until someone you love needs it. If it was already being used for another patient that night, Dad wouldn’t have made it."
~ Jackie, daughter of RCH trauma patient, David Woo, who suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car travelling 80 km/hr.

For patients, the quality of care they receive is only as good as the access they have to it. Every second counts in the process to save a life, and it is critical that the right care team is in place with the right equipment the moment a seriously ill or injured patient arrives at RCH.

Royal Columbian Hospital is at the heart of the largest and fastest growing health region in the province and provides the highest level of care to the most seriously ill and injured patients from the Fraser Health region, across the Lower Mainland and the province. RCH is a provincially designated trauma, heart and neurosciences centre for the region and a regional referral centre for orthopaedics, high-risk maternity and advanced kidney care.

Throughout Royal Columbian Hospital, equipment is needed to help save and improve lives; however, physicians, nurses and other staff are constantly challenged to provide the best patient care possible with limited resources and old, outdated equipment. Medical technology is constantly improving, which directly impacts patient care and recovery times.

That’s why community funding is vital in helping RCH to deliver the best in health care. Every dollar donated helps to fund vital equipment needed throughout the hospital, whether it be an operating table enabling cardiac physicians to accommodate more open heart surgeries, or an all-in-one ventilator to help Intensive Care Unit patients breathe when they can’t breathe on their own.

We hope that you will consider supporting RCH Foundation so that RCH can continue to provide the best in health care to all of its patients.

“No matter how experienced we are, making life-and-death decisions is easier and better when we have the appropriate technology and equipment. Every dollar buys us time…time that ultimately saves lives.”
~ Dr. Gerald Simkus, Program Medical Director, Cardiac Sciences

When every second counts, so does every dollar.