Pulmonary Embolism. A blood clot in my lung creating havoc with my heart. When I heard these words, I was shocked and terrified. My name is Patty Timmerman and in August of 2024, I was suddenly and unexpectedly a cardiac patient. Royal University Hospital’s Electrophysiology (EP) Lab team members—the “electricians” of the heart—need your help […]
Success Stories
Seizures are unpredictable. Individuals who live with these random occurrences know all too well the challenges associated with monitoring, diagnosing and treating their debilitating, isolating and burdensome conditions.
Dr. Amit Persad aspires to be one of the world’s best brain surgeons. In an era of rapidly evolving medical technology, this task requires
innovative life-saving treatments. Dr. Persad wants to provide patients with these options here in Saskatchewan at Royal University Hospital (RUH).
For Bob Steane, former Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Cameco, philanthropy wasn’t only about a financial donation to improve our community, it was a passion he embraced with hands-on enthusiasm. Whether making a lead donation for the newest generation of interventional imaging at Royal University Hospital, volunteering at the Lighthouse, serving breakfast at […]
Royal University Hospital Foundation and BHP are pleased to announce a $1 million donation from BHP that will transform the way the most utilized diagnostic procedure—X-ray imaging—is done at Royal University Hospital (RUH).
As founders of the Concorde Group of Companies, Irene and Leslie Dubé built a successful business and a reputation for giving back. “Philanthropy feeds the soul,” says Les, and Irene agrees. “Sharing our blessings with others brings us great peace.”
The Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation has given from the heart, for the heart. Its gift of $1.5 million for cardiac electrophysiology has helped prolong and save lives across Saskatchewan. In honour of their generosity, we named the Cardiac EP Lab at RUH the Kinsmen Telemiracle Foundation Electrophysiology Laboratory. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
A generous $2 million donation from Walter and Margaret McNabb is paving the way for major advances in the delivery of life-saving cardiac care procedures at Royal University Hospital (RUH).
Just imagine. You know the specialized equipment you are working with is reaching its end of life, yet each and every day, anxious patients with life-threatening heart conditions are relying on your help. This time, I need your help.
“I try to treat people, the way I would like to be treated.”
These are powerful words in health care. We want to know that our loved ones, or even we ourselves will be treated with respect, compassion and kindness when we are at our most vulnerable.
