Back on Track to Health

Back on Track to Health

“Brett, there’s a problem with your aortic valve.” The cardiologist had called Brett Arnason in the departures lounge at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport. It was February 2013, and the 63 year old was on his way to compete in the World Masters Speedskating...
The Passing of a Mensch

The Passing of a Mensch

Archibald Honigman never stopped making friends, even when he was a patient with COVID-19 in St. Boniface Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). “When Arch was placed in the ICU last fall, he recognized the name of the first doctor who saw him. He had read about him in...
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...
Heart Attack Survivor: Proof ‘Dial Don’t Drive’ works

Heart Attack Survivor: Proof ‘Dial Don’t Drive’ works

March 9, 2022 Submitted by Manitoba ACS Network After 20 years of responding to medical emergencies as a paramedic, Ron Keelan, District Chief of Paramedic Operations (DCPO) with Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services (WFPS), was having a heart attack and was now the one...
Five years later, more time for what matters

Five years later, more time for what matters

Volunteering is the cat’s meow for Brian Kozak, who had aortic valve replacement surgery at St. Boniface Hospital. February 14, 2022 Brian Kozak was 58 before he knew he’d been living with a congenital heart defect that could have led to sudden death. “I was having...