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Have you hugged your pharmacist lately?

March is Pharmacy Awareness Month and it’s time to show our pharmacy colleagues a little love. Visit their information booth at VGH this month and you could win a prize.

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Looks can be deceiving

Jim Mann, a person living with Alzheimer’s, helps VGH staff see the world – and the patient experience – from his perspective.

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“I’m going to buy a new surfboard (or maybe two)!”

February’s winners of the Won Vancouver 50/50 Staff Lottery are Patti Van Ham and Sharilyn Dent.

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The eye surgery patient with a stuffed bear

A nervous patient awaiting her first retinal surgery took comfort from her teddy bear and one care provider’s ever-present warm smile.

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March 11: Weight Watchers info session

Weight Watchers at work works! Join us on March 11 (12 pm) at VGH to learn how you can lose weight, too.

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“It shaped the women we became”

Jennifer Richmond, a graduate of the VGH School of Nursing, looks backs on a half century in nursing — and looks forward to more at UBC Hospital.

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Play VGH Carpool Bingo to win!

Do you know at least two colleagues interested in carpooling to VGH? Submit your bingo card with their information before 12 pm on March 1 and you could win a coffee card.

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Serving meals with love

Rani Nadarajah, a Sodexo foodservice employee, treats all patients like family, earning the admiration and gratitude of her coworkers on the VGH cardiac unit.

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They “basically saved me from losing it”

“It was a very long three and a half weeks,” writes one VGH patient, “and the nurses got me through it.”

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Thank you for attending Vancouver’s Quality in Action All-Staff Forum!

Check out our Flickr album and webcast video to see the highlights of this month’s ASF!

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