University Hospital Zurich
Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
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Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
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162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
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Flinders Drive, Bedford Park South Australia (Australia)
Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
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- Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- Neuro Surgeon
- Orthopedics
Description
Our Mission
We raise money to help Royal Columbian Hospital save lives restore health and provide comfort to seriously injured and ill patients of all ages
Royal Columbian Hospital has relied on the generosity of the community to care for sick and injured British Columbians since it opened its doors as the Lower Mainlands very first hospital in 1862 Our first recorded appeal dates back to 1863 an ad in the quotBritish Columbianquot
Building on a strong tradition of caring and community support Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation was established in 1978 to raise funds for the Hospitals first CT Scanner Today the RCH Foundation raises more then 5 million each year to fund urgently needed lifesaving and diagnostic equipment for RCH
Transplanting lungs from smokers worthwhile
Lung transplant patients who receive the organs from smokers have better chances of survival than those who stay on waiting lists a British study suggests Nearly 40 per cent of the lungs that are available for transplant including those in Canada are from smokers Rejection of this donororgan resource would increase waitinglist mortality and i... Read More
Not all ICUs need a specialist at night study
The results published in the New England Journal of Medicine counter an argument from some in the medical community that ICUs need roundtheclock intensivists doctors who specialize in critical care quotOur knee jerk reaction is to try to put intensivists in every ICU at all hours of the day and that reaction is likely a misstep because it overs... Read More