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that heals.
Inside the Emergency Department
October 3, 2022 Andrea Budnick has been a nurse on the Specialty Resource Team in St. Boniface Hospital’s Emergency Department for the last three years. “I’m proud to work at St. Boniface, and of the care my colleagues and I provide, but if you’ve ever been to our...
A Grand Display of Rosé Soirée Générosité!
September 16, 2022 Rosé Soirée returned to the open-air St. Boniface Cathedral Ruins on Wednesday, September 7 to spectacular effect. On a beautiful night with nary a cloud above, some 300 guests gathered to mix, mingle, and give generously for critical cardiac care...
Helping Hands for Women’s Heart Health
On behalf of Bell MTS Volunteers, Paulette McIntyre and Jo-Anne Pelzer presented a $10,000 cheque in August 2021 to Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Karen Fowler, President and CEO of St. Boniface Hospital Foundation. Aug....
A Nourishing Career
Dr. Miyoung Suh and her team. July 19, 2022 Dr. Miyoung Suh is studying the role of maternal nutrition in reducing the impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a preventable developmental disability resulting from fetal exposure to alcohol during pregnancy. ...
Three Times Lucky
June 30, 2022 In a demanding profession where they selflessly give a lot of themselves, three newly-hired St. Boniface Hospital nurses say it’s been a pleasant surprise to get something back. Registered nurses Sidrah Khawaja (below), Lauren MacPherson (above, right),...
Comfort at Any Size
June 16, 2022 Plus-size patients at St. Boniface Hospital are further ensured safety, comfort, and dignity during their stays after a donation in 2021 helped purchase a suite of bariatric equipment last fall. Patients of more than 350 pounds require a bariatric...
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
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
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
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
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....
Raising spirits, raising funds
Foundation Board member Randy Viray presents a donation from his company's annual golf tournament to Foundation President and CEO Karen Fowler. October 18, 2021 The St. Boniface Hospital community is not only generous but enterprising as well! From golfing and running...