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Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
February 17, 2023 Retired Indian-Canadian business leader Hemant M Shah has a saying about his adopted home. “I always say that in Winnipeg our hands are cold, but our hearts are warm,” said Shah on a video call from his birthplace of Mumbai. “I am proud to be called...
St. Boniface patient shares her story for Heart Month
February 8, 2023 Amy Yonda is active and eats healthy, but she still has to worry about her cholesterol. Yonda was born with Familial Hypercholesterolemia, also known as FH, a common genetic disorder that puts her at a higher risk of heart disease at a younger age....
When your need is urgent
November 28, 2022 “Kelley, we need to reboot your heart.” Kelley Turnbull and her husband, Rick, had been watching TV at home one evening in the fall of 2017, and her heart rate had shot up to 140 beats per minute, twice her normal resting heart rate. She could feel...
A thankful daughter, a tribute to mom and dad
November 16, 2022 The first-ever Lily Stone Gala raised more than $34,000 in support of the Heart Failure Clinic at St. Boniface Hospital. The August 13 event marked the debut of a new three-season 3,600 square-ft. venue for weddings and receptions in Rosenort, 30...
Twice as Proud on Father’s Day
June 17, 2022 In his professional life, Drew Kozub wears many hats. He is a radio host on KiSS 102.3 FM Winnipeg; a weekly technology and gaming columnist for Breakfast Television on Citytv, and an in-game co-host with the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre. Away...
For Tom De Nardi, cardiac care “a kind of magic”
Tom De Nardi, President of Mondo Foods Group, upstairs at the Piazza De Nardi specialty grocer, wine shop, and event centre. June 3, 2022 Heading up his family’s thriving specialty food and wine business, Tom De Nardi strives to deliver the best-possible experience...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...