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A Better Way to Save Lives
St. Boniface Hospital Foundation donors have changed the way Cardiac Sciences St. Boniface Hospital performs some cardiac surgeries at St. Boniface Hospital, making them safer and dramatically reducing the number of infections and other complications in patients....
One Good Turn Deserves Another
July 12, 2023 St. Boniface Hospital nurse Melannie Teitsma knew she wanted to share her good fortune after she received one of three Wyrzykowski Family Graduate Nurse Awards this year. She turned around and donated $2,500 of it to Selah Place, a Christian charity in...
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
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
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
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
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...
Donors and Hospital Staff Pay It Forward
Earl Barish, President, Salisbury House, with St. Boniface Hospital Foundation's Kate Yacula (at left) and Lisa Thomson Stifora (at right). March 20, 2023 After a long shift, a Nip Platter really hits the spot. St. Boniface Hospital staff and health-care heroes on...
Striking a Novel Path for Autism Research
In photo above: Dr. Henry Dunn, at far right, with Erik, Jackie, and Lloyd Dyck. March 1, 2023 Dr. Henry Dunn has devoted his career to understanding how neurons – the brain’s information messengers – communicate with one another and how this communication can become...
Donors fund new research role for women’s heart health
February 1, 2023 The warm community at St. Boniface Hospital more than offsets Winnipeg’s well-known cold weather for Dr. Inna Rabinovich-Nikitin. “Six winters and not so bad,” joked Rabinovich-Nikitin, who officially assumed the responsibilities of the first-ever...
Tribute to a dedicated doctor
Pictured, left to right: Dr. James Tam, Maryse Myman, and Dr. Asad Junaid at the dedication ceremony for the Dr. David Mymin Lipid Clinic on October 20, 2022. January 17, 2023 Donors including colleagues and family of the late Dr. David Mymin have honoured his legacy...
What a match!
January 17, 2002 If he’s ever looking at a new line of work, Blake Fitzpatrick is quite the matchmaker. Last month Fitzpatrick, one of the owners of Maple Leaf Construction, pledged to match all donations to St. Boniface Hospital Foundation made on December 31, up...