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About BC Children's Hospital
BC Children's Hospital is the province's only full-service, pediatric acute care hospital and serves the close to one million children living in BC and the Yukon. All children who are seriously ill or injured are referred to Children's Hospital and are either treated at the hospital facility in Vancouver or, with consultation from Children's specialists, in their home community. In 2011, more than 81,000 children were treated at Children's Hospital.
In 2011-12 BC Children's Hospital Foundation received donations from more than 150,000 people and had revenues of $83 million. Funds raised by the Foundation are used to support BC Children's Hospital, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and the Child & Family Research Institute.
About the Campaign for BC Children
Priorities of the Campaign for BC Children include construction of a new hospital - including an Emergency Department, Diagnostics & Imaging, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, operating suites and patient rooms; the relocation of childhood development and rehabilitation services from Sunny Hill Health Centre in East Vancouver to the Oak Street home of BC Children's; and Child Health BC, a BC Children's Hospital initiative that is building pediatric care capacity throughout the province.
To date, BC Children's Hospital Foundation has received campaign donations from over 67,000 donors in more than 300 BC communities. The community has contributed in excess of $150 million to date toward the $200-million campaign.
For more information on the hospital, please contact:
Public Affairs & Communications
BC Children's Hospital
Phone: 604-875-2301
Email: pafc@cw.bc.ca
For more information on the Foundation, please contact:
Stephen Forgacs
Director, Communications
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Phone: 604-875-2338
Cell: 604-719-4381
Email: sforgacs@bcchf.ca
Visit our News section for the latest media releases on Foundation's activities.
