A Place of Peace

A Place of Peace

June 16, 2022 The scents of sweetgrass and fresh paint mingle in the brand-new Indigenous Health (IH) rooms at St. Boniface Hospital. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s IH program opened a new space at the Hospital in January 2022, made possible by Foundation...
Kidney care a family affair

Kidney care a family affair

March 10, 2022 For the past 20 months Samar Zeid has settled into a familiar routine at St. Boniface Hospital. Three times a week – Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays – a family member, sometimes her husband, Munther, brings her to St. B. She’ll head up to the fourth...
Notes of hope, healing, and gratitude

Notes of hope, healing, and gratitude

January 20, 2022 At St. Boniface Hospital Foundation we’re blessed to hear directly from donors and former patients. A recent roundup of notes shared with Hospital staff shows that whether it’s an experience in the NICU or the ICU, recovery from heart surgery or...
Say Yes to St. Boniface Hospital

Say Yes to St. Boniface Hospital

January 6, 2022 Manitoba is about to mint a new millionaire. St. Boniface Hospital Foundation has announced the 2022 Mega Million Choices Lottery, with six Grand Prize choices for this year’s biggest winner, including homes in Winnipeg, St. Adolphe, and Brandon, a...
Birth of a Life-Saving Program

Birth of a Life-Saving Program

The first patient to undergo open-heart surgery in Manitoba was a five-year-old boy from the community of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, on a chilly day in February 1959. The operation, to repair a small hole in the boy’s heart, took seven hours and was performed at St....