Our Stories
Pete Ward wasn’t completely surprised when he suffered his first heart attack. “With a history of heart disease in my family, you kind of feel like the grim reaper is always hanging around,” says Pete with a good-natured chuckle.
In honour of International Women's Day take a moment to meet the lady behind the name of the Lois Hole Hospital for Women and find out why how she managed to unite and delight Albertans.
At the first ever Edmonton Event Awards, an evening to celebrate leadership and excellence in the event planning industry, the team at the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation was bestowed a great honour.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and Royal Alexandra Hospital together created this touching and inspiring video, The Difference Between Care and Caring based on the true story of patients, John and Angela Molella.
Expecting mothers need to watch their health, but what happens when a woman’s heart is “beating for two” and heart problems arise?
For a fifth consecutive year a group of Edmonton Shoppers Drug Mart locations have chosen to support the Lois Hole Hospital for Women. The national, four-week campaign which happens each fall raised over $150 thousand dollars in 2015…
A family's loss leads to an inspirational campaign in support of the Perinatal Bereavement Program at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation and the Lois Hole Hospital for Women know that gender-based violence is not just a women’s issue, it’s an everyone issue and this is why it is so important to recognize this incredibly important…
One of the best ways to describe the wide range of care provided at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women is all ages, all stages. And it is perhaps with the same sentiment that one could describe Shoppers Drug Mart's incredible support...
The Public School Boards’ Association of Alberta (PSBAA) hosted their 14th annual Lois E. Hole Dinner and Lecture and through the generosity of their members, the Association raised $785.00, which was donated to the Lois Hole Hospital…
The Lois Hole Hospital for Women is more than bricks and mortar, staircases and hallways, waiting areas and patient care rooms, it is stories of hope and healing, great expectations and, yes, sometimes loss. We want to hear your…
Family Care Unit offers an innovative approach to family focused care at the Lois Hole Hospital for Women.
Marvin Katz loves to drive, whether it’s the bus he drives for a living or the motorcycle he rides for fun. Two and a half years ago, being behind the wheel was suddenly in jeopardy.
A comprehensive eye treatment centre that serves local residents, northern Albertans and Western Canadians will benefit from a $3-million campaign launched today by the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation.
The Allard Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Clinic helps families piece together the mystery of potentially deadly genetic markers.
Women and children have long been overlooked and underfunded when it comes to health research. That fact was the driving force behind the 2006 genesis of WCHRI.
Dr. Nadia Giannakopoulos is making strides in women's cancer research as one of two recruits supported by the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI) that is funded in part by the generous supporters of the Lois Hole…
Lois Hole Hospital for Women is home to Western Canada’s very first SimCentre dedicated to providing medical professionals a place to gain valuable and practical experience in women’s health.
In December 2014, Rhonda, 25 years old at the time, received the shocking news that she had cervical cancer. The diagnosis shook her entire family, especially as they had lost a relative to bladder cancer only months prior...
The latest technology to make a difference in patient care at the CK Hui Heart Centre is Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS). IVUS sends ultrasound waves through tiny catheters that have been inserted into a patient’s coronary arteries.