Breathing easier thanks to generous donors

Breathing easier thanks to generous donors

June 28, 2023  Thanks to donors, cardiac and respiratory patients and staff at St. Boniface Hospital are benefitting from safer and more accurate testing, greater availability of testing, and improved clinical care.  Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) equipment...
A world of difference for very ill newborns

A world of difference for very ill newborns

Dr. Yasser El-Sayed (right) receives Duhamel Award honorarium from Karen Fowler, St. Boniface Hospital Foundation President & CEO. June 16, 2023 It was only fitting this year’s recipient of the Ronald J. Duhamel Innovation Award (Duhamel Award) could not be on...
Mother praises video app that connects parents with babies in NICU

Mother praises video app that connects parents with babies in NICU

May 9, 2023 What started as a pilot project two and half years ago is now a popular app that keeps parents connected with their babies staying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at St. Boniface Hospital.  vCreate Diaries is a secure video app that allows neonatal...
Counting the Little Blessings 

Counting the Little Blessings 

April 24, 2023 Terry Dokken started in the kitchen at St. Boniface Hospital before finding her calling as a Health Care Aide in the Palliative Care Unit. Her husband of 39 years, Tim, drove a bus with Winnipeg Transit.   “Mom was the glue of the family and Dad was the...
Love of Science Takes Flight

Love of Science Takes Flight

March 24, 2023 If handling pigs’ hearts and sheep’s brains grossed them out, the smiles on their faces did not let it show. Four students from the remote community of Brochet in Northern Manitoba were introduced to authentic, hands-on science experiences in Winnipeg...