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Lifesaving Spinal Surgery Inspires Donation to Research
When he first met Dr. John Street at Vancouver General Hospital in July 2015, Bob Saunders was in excruciating back pain. He knew he was very ill. What he didn’t know was that by that evening he would be undergoing emergency lifesaving surgery.
