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Over the past couple of weeks, we have received a number of letters from patients, thanking VCH for excellent care.

Based on current research, we know that as long as the right supports are in place, a person’s home is the best place for them to recuperate from illness, manage chronic conditions or live out their final days. Read a recent bulletin about this approach to care and service delivery called “Home is Best.”

Cristina Ciccone and Rebecca Rafael have both been working as senior therapists with the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) for over a decade.

A record-setting 306 organs were transplanted in 2012, marking a new beginning for many patients who were on the BC transplant wait list.

Once again, the Evergreen Community Health Centre held its annual Lunar New Year Tea on Februrary 19th to celebrate 2013; the year of the snake

Dr. Darlene Reid from the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and her research team have received $150,000 to develop an optimal exercise and physical activity program for people living with chronic lung diseases, focusing on patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Doctors, staff, and the general public are invited to a special public forum on how innovation in medical research is shaping the dynamics of surgery and ER medicine. At the forum you will discover how surgeons and ER doctors are applying the latest research in their practices and learn more about how this research affects you.

Dr. Martin Gleave, urologic surgeon at VCH, researcher, and Executive Director of the Vancouver Prostate Centre, is the 2013 recipient of the Eugene Fuller Triennial Prostate Award from the American Urological Association.

With respect to our fiscal year end (March 31/2013) processing, invoices and cheque requisitions must be received in Accounts Payable no later than March 28, 2013 to be charged against the fiscal 2012/13 budget.

VCH Research Institute (VCHRI) understands the importance of communicating its message about the value of research to its stakeholders and the general public. In order to accomplish this task, VCHRI has created a new position – Director of Stakeholder Relations and Public Affairs – and has launched three ‘micro sites’ within our recently revamped website.