Chilliwack General Hospital

Run for Mom 5k run/walk event on Sunday, May 8, 2022. (Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation)

Runners, walkers, bikers raised $8,200 in 2022 Run for Mom

Maternity department at CGH is recipient of funds collected in annual Mother’s Day 5k fundraiser

 

Chilliwack General Hospital. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Chilliwack Hospital Foundation buys new equipment for CGH thanks to ‘generosity’ of community

Upgraded items include ventilator, temperature management machine, rapid infuser

 

Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary volunteers Debbie Tracey (left) and Karen Houlden stand inside the Thrift Shoppe on Main Street on April 12. The auxiliary is looking for more volunteers to help raise funds for Chilliwack General Hospital. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

More volunteers needed to help raise funds for Chilliwack General Hospital

National Volunteer Week: Auxiliary has supported Chilliwack hospital for more than 110 years

 

The mammography unit at Chilliwack General Hospital will be getting state-of-the-art equipment, according to the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation, as fundraising begins. (FVHCF)

New mammography machine coming to Chilliwack General Hospital will cut wait times, travel

Fundraising by foundation begins as vital equipment reaching end of life, needs replacement

The mammography unit at Chilliwack General Hospital will be getting state-of-the-art equipment, according to the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation, as fundraising begins. (FVHCF)
Chayne den Ouden holds newborn daughter Sahara while snuggling three-year-old son River at their Chilliwack home on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Rookie Chilliwack RCMP officer helps bring baby into world in hospital parking lot

The second time one of Chayne den Ouden’s newborn babies makes headlines

Chayne den Ouden holds newborn daughter Sahara while snuggling three-year-old son River at their Chilliwack home on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
(The Canadian Press/Tijana Martin)

Patients with COVID in Fraser Health may now share hospital rooms with uninfected

Public health officials say hospital space is at a premium

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Matthaus and Kayla Smith hold their newborn daughter Ada Grace Danielle Smith at their Chilliwack home on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Ada was Chilliwack’s new year’s baby for 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

3 ‘exhausting’ days of early labour result in 2022 New Year’s baby for Chilliwack couple

Ada held on for 4 days past due date to be 1st baby born at Chilliwack General Hospital in 2022

Matthaus and Kayla Smith hold their newborn daughter Ada Grace Danielle Smith at their Chilliwack home on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Ada was Chilliwack’s new year’s baby for 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Organ transplant recipient, 11-year-old Ian Sewell, hands a box of treats to a health-care worker at Chilliwack General Hospital as fellow organ recipient Cathleen Falebrinza (black shirt) looks on outside the hospital during Operation Popcorn on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

11-year-old organ transplant recipient from Chilliwack thanks CGH staff with treats

Liver recipient Ian Sewell joined double-lung recipient Cathleen Falebrinza for ‘Operation Popcorn’

Organ transplant recipient, 11-year-old Ian Sewell, hands a box of treats to a health-care worker at Chilliwack General Hospital as fellow organ recipient Cathleen Falebrinza (black shirt) looks on outside the hospital during Operation Popcorn on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
More than two dozen individuals and businesses donated cash and treats to show support for health-care professionals in 17 departments at Chilliwack General Hospital. (Margaret Reid photo)

Convoy of treats delivered to 17 departments at Chilliwack General Hospital

It was a grassroots effort to support CGH workers in wake of noisy anti-vaccine protests

More than two dozen individuals and businesses donated cash and treats to show support for health-care professionals in 17 departments at Chilliwack General Hospital. (Margaret Reid photo)
Flanking the smashed storefront window on Main Street, were Debbie Tracey, president of Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary, and Lynne Larsen, manager of the Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shoppe, on Sept. 10, 2021. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)

Thousands in gifts cards stolen in Chilliwack charity smash-and-grab

Storefront window on Main Street shattered by thieves in pre-dawn darkness

Flanking the smashed storefront window on Main Street, were Debbie Tracey, president of Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary, and Lynne Larsen, manager of the Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shoppe, on Sept. 10, 2021. (Jennifer Feinberg/ Chilliwack Progress)
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Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Chilliwack General Hospital

Medicine unit closed to admissions immediately after 3 patients tested positive

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Members of Team Sarah outside Chilliwack General Hospital. (Submitted)

Tour de Cure team rides in honour of Chilliwack nurse who died of cancer

Sarah Penner and her unborn baby both died of cancer; Team Sarah formed in her memory

Members of Team Sarah outside Chilliwack General Hospital. (Submitted)
Raeya Evie Duncan was the 100th baby born at Chilliwack General Hospital for the month of May. She is seen here with her parents Alysha Williams and Andrew Duncan on June 12, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

Baby boom in Chilliwack as record number of infants born at CGH in May

‘COVID babies are coming out,’ says dad of 100th baby born at Chilliwack General Hospital last month

Raeya Evie Duncan was the 100th baby born at Chilliwack General Hospital for the month of May. She is seen here with her parents Alysha Williams and Andrew Duncan on June 12, 2021. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
Chilliwack mom Brianna Jervis was greeted by her children, Kenzie and Wilson, after she completed a 10-kilometre run to help raise money for the maternity department at Chilliwack General Hospital through the annual Run for Mom event. (Submitted)

Run for Mom brings in thousands of dollars for Chilliwack maternity department

Fundraising continues with raffle to raise money for maternity equipment at CGH

Chilliwack mom Brianna Jervis was greeted by her children, Kenzie and Wilson, after she completed a 10-kilometre run to help raise money for the maternity department at Chilliwack General Hospital through the annual Run for Mom event. (Submitted)
Chilliwack General Hospital in July. (Chilliwack Progress file)

LETTER: We are so lucky to have Chilliwack General Hospital in our community

‘Natural anxiety over hospitalization was so very professionally handled’

  • Jan 22, 2021
Chilliwack General Hospital in July. (Chilliwack Progress file)
Danzel and Maclean Ondevilla welcomed their first-born child, Dylan Mikael Ondevilla, into the world on Jan. 1, 2021. (Submitted)

‘Wild ride’ for first baby of 2021 born at Chilliwack General Hospital

Dylan Mikael Ondevilla born at 11 p.m. on Jan. 1, but not how parents planned it

Danzel and Maclean Ondevilla welcomed their first-born child, Dylan Mikael Ondevilla, into the world on Jan. 1, 2021. (Submitted)
Canadian Tire owner Marcel Nadeau (right) presents a cheque to Robert W. Beischer, Fund Development Co-ordinator for the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation. (Submitted photo)

Chilliwack Canadian Tire owners make sizable donation to Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation

Marcel and Stella Nadeau are helping the FVHCF campaign to buy a Radiographic Fluoroscopic unit

Canadian Tire owner Marcel Nadeau (right) presents a cheque to Robert W. Beischer, Fund Development Co-ordinator for the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation. (Submitted photo)
Chilliwack General Hospital. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Chilliwack General given award for surgical care and patient outcomes

First time three Fraser Health hospitals receive award from surgical quality improvement program

Chilliwack General Hospital. (Paul Henderson/ Chilliwack Progress file)
The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation is offering three different logos to choose from on its non-medical face masks. (Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation)

Face mask fundraiser to bring in money for Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation

By purchasing a face mask folks will be supporting health care workers and hospitals in eastern FV

The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation is offering three different logos to choose from on its non-medical face masks. (Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation)
Robert Beischer of the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation was busy Thursday morning ensuring a donation of coffee and treats from Tim Hortons made it to every department in Chilliwack General Hospital. The foundation is handling all donations to health-care workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)

Free coffee and treats delivered to Chilliwack hospital workers

Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation hands out support to health-care workers on the job

Robert Beischer of the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation was busy Thursday morning ensuring a donation of coffee and treats from Tim Hortons made it to every department in Chilliwack General Hospital. The foundation is handling all donations to health-care workers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jessica Peters/ The Progress)