lung Archives | VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

Breathing Life Into Lung Cancer Detection
September 15, 2020
Jason and Emily Ko donated $1.2M to support a Lung Cancer Screening pilot program at VGH
Unprecedented gift for COPD and asthma research
April 10, 2017
Anonymous donor gives $29 million for research and treatment of COPD and asthma.
New Life Injected in TB Ward at VGH
October 31, 2016
New equipment donated by TB Vets provides vital support for innovative care and research for patients with tuberculosis.
Infection Expertise Helps Transplant Patients
January 11, 2016
When Dennis Fortin discovered that his one good lung was infected with a possibly deadly fungal disease, he knew that he would once again need a life-saving miracle at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH).
Innovative lung cancer screening pilot program to launch at VGH
August 28, 2015
Aug 26, 2015 -Thanks to a $1.2-million-dollar gift from philanthropists Jason and Emily Ko, Founder of Viva Pharmaceutical Inc., an innovative and potentially life saving lung cancer screening pilot program is launching at VGH.