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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.
International nurse perseveres to work at BC Children’s and touts new funding
Monique Wee is telling her story in support of a new BC Government announcement that will help make it easier for internationally-educated nurses (IENs) to work in B.C.
Tips to keep children safe from burns
Each year at BC Children’s Hospital there are more than 1,000 burn-related visits for both treatment and follow-up appointments. Read the tips from BC Children's to help keep your children safe as we mark Burn Awareness Week.
Rezoning approved for new centre for children with health complexity
At its January 19, 2023 public hearing, City of Vancouver Council approved the rezoning application for the redevelopment of the site at Slocan Street and 21 Avenue in Vancouver.