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Thalia’s Story
Read ArticleAfter suffering a serious concussion, Thalia’s mental and physical health started declining.
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Dr. Jacqueline Saw, Canada’s leading expert on SCAD
Read ArticleDr. Jacqueline Saw is a leader through and through. Her incredible body of work in SCAD research and care is world-leading, and…
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Reconstructing her femininity: Surviving breast cancer
Read ArticleThe story you are about to read is about Jennifer Kelly, a young mother who faced an uncertain future after she was…
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Why are heart attacks happening to healthy young women?
Read ArticleOne morning in November 2012, Birte Hunter was out for a jog with her dogs. Halfway through her run, Birte felt a…
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Veronique’s Story
Read ArticleFollowing seizures, an MRI revealed life-threatening growths in Veronique’s brain.
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Heart stops beating for 30 year old father
Read ArticleDuncan Ris went into cardiac arrest on his 30th birthday. When he awoke at VGH, he was a changed man.
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Time for Accurate Diagnosis
Read ArticleDr. Emilie Joos, Trauma Surgeon at VGH, loves to help her patients restore their quality of life.
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Farmer’s legacy funding the future of brain health
Read ArticleFred Town left a gift to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in his will, supporting research at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for…
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Wildland Firefighter Saved by VGH
Read ArticleWildland firefighter Ryan Jones is alive and thriving thanks to Brain Bolt technology at VGH.
