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Skiers, snowboarders at higher risk of injury leading to hospitalization
New data from the BC Trauma Registry indicates the average number of injuries leading to hospitalizations for skiers and snowboarders far surpass the numbers for other popular winter sports.
Introducing LearnDiabetes: A game changer for pediatric diabetes
The multimedia platform helps children and youth diagnosed with diabetes. The disease can bring a lifetime of challenges, from having to monitor blood sugar levels around the clock to a never-ending fear of life-threatening complications.
BC Children’s Hospital Teddy Bear Clinic returns after pandemic hiatus
The event, celebrating Child Life Week, gives children a chance to playfully interact with therapies and procedures they may encounter during their health care journey at BC Children's Hospital.
BC Children’s Hospital makes trach-care breakthrough
The T7 unit at BC Children’s can now treat patients with tracheostomies, meaning two-year-old Penny Long and her mom, Sophia, got to look out a window at the hospital and watch the birds while receiving treatment, rather than being in intensive care.
BC Children’s encourages kids to get out and play this spring with healthy habit app
The BC Children’s Hospital Live 5-2-1-0 app is celebrating a successful first year of helping children build healthier habits and we're inviting more families to check it out.
From jokes to jigs – BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre celebrates a Community Round Dance
The three-hour outdoor event included representatives from all three host nations Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-waututh Nations, and the Métis. There were also singers, drummers, a fiddler and a jig dancer who taught participants several steps.
BC Children's receives international recognition for excellence in pain care
BC Children's Hospital, in partnership with the BC Women's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, is now a ChildKind certified hospital. The international designation recognizes our hospital for excellence in providing pediatric pain care.
CompassBC.ca has a new look to better support health care providers
Learn more about the BC Children's Hospital Compass Mental Health program and their newly redesigned website.
Everyone is invited! Round dance at BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre campus on March 20
BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre's Indigenous Health team and the host nations invite everyone to celebrate the Coast Salish new year through a ceremony and dance of decolonial love.
Cardiac patient thanks doctors after learning beloved physician passed away
10-year-old Alcyon Nodelyk heard about the recent death of Dr. Paul Moxham and was so sad, she told her mom she wanted to send in a thank you to her current BC Children’s Hospital physicians so they knew how much she loved them.