Nurse Next Door Burnaby, New Westminster and Tri-Cities will be at a blood donor clinic at the Nikkei Centre, 6680 Southoak Crescent in Burnaby from 1 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 16 to help raise awareness about the need for blood donors.
Donors are especially needed during the summer months, says Wendy Scott, owner of Nurse Next Door Burnaby.
"There is a tremendous need for blood donation in the community, and it's a great feeling when people know they have given the gift of life to those in need," she said in a recent release.
Canadian Blood Services estimates that more than 4,300 people are needed to donate blood this summer, especially "universal donors," - those with O-negative blood type. Appointments to donate can be made by calling Canadian Blood Services at 1-800-236-6283, or through the website, www.bloodservices.ca.
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NEW LAB LOCATION OPENS IN CITY
B.C. Biomedical Laboratories has opened a new patient service centre in the "brewery district" of New Westminster.
The clinic at 103-301 E. Columbia St. closed July 18, and the new Sapperton Patient Services Centre, at 227 Nelson's Crescent, has been receiving patients since July 23.
"We're excited about this new location and the improved space and convenience we will be able to offer to our patients," said managing director Doug Buchanan, in a recent release. The new location offers free underground parking and is open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
B.C. Biomedical Laboratories provides diagnostic health care at 45 clinics throughout the Lower Mainland and employs about 700 people.
The labs perform 32,000 tests per day and serve between 6,000 and 8,000 patients per day.
For more information, visit www.bcbio.com.
BOARD NAMED FOR RCH FOUNDATION
The Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation has elected three new directors to its board for the 20122013 year.
Frank Butzelaar of Port Moody is president and CEO of Southern Railway of British Columbia Ltd. and its subsidiary company, Southern Railway of Vancouver Island Ltd.
Doug Eveneshen of Coquitlam is president and CEO of Community Savings Credit Union.
Larry Kozak of Port Moody is an integrated solution executive, health care with Telus.
"The timing couldn't be better to welcome Frank, Doug and Larry as new members to our Board," said board chair Belle Puri, in a recent release. "They are all prominent figures in the business community who have deep personal connections to RCH, and we are looking forward to working with them to complement our existing board team and help us broaden our connections to the larger business and philanthropic community."
Re-elected to the board are: Belle Puri (chair), David Worthington (vicechair), Dwight Ross (treasurer), John Ashbridge, Sharon Domaas, Meldy Harris, Erin O'Halloran, Steven Osachoff, Gary Pooni, Helen Sparkes, Lisa Spitale and Dr. Laurence Turner.
"We are at a tremendously exciting point in Royal Columbian Hospital's 150-year history of caring for patients from across British Columbia," said Adrienne Bakker, president and CEO of the foundation.
"As re-development plans move forward for RCH, a provincial referral centre for trauma, heart, neurosciences and neonatal intensive care, RCH Foundation is looking forward to expanding and strengthening its relationships with the community of British Columbia to help RCH deliver the best in health care."
Opened in 1862, Royal Columbian Hospital is the oldest hospital in the province.
The hospital provides specialized trauma, cardiac, neurosciences, high-risk maternity and neonatal intensive care for seriously ill and injured people from throughout the Lower Mainland and across the province.
For more information about the foundation, visit www.rchcares.com.
mreid@ royalcityrecord.com
