Funds raised in 2010 help support our three local hospitals and the Fraser
Valley Cancer Centres.
Langley Hospital
$22,500 towards purchase of a Flexible Cystoscope. This scope serves a duo purpose for the diagnostic and treatment for cancer and provides a noninvasive way for surgery which promotes faster patient recovery times.
Maple Ridge Hospital
$25,000 towards a Colonoscope – required in the Ambulatory Care
Department. A Colonoscopy is a minimally invasive endoscopic examination
that allows a doctor to look inside the entire large intestine and colon
through a thin flexible tube called a Colonoscope. The doctor is able to
view the images on a video monitor in real time. The procedure enables the
physician to see things such as inflamed tissue, abnormal growths, and ulcers.
It is most often used to look for early signs of cancer in the colon and
rectum, for causes of unexplained changes in bowel habits, and to evaluate
symptoms like abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and weight loss. It also has
the ability to snip off polyps and tissue samples for biopsy. Once polyps
are removed, they can be studied with the aid of a microscope to determine
if they are precancerous or not.
Fraser Valley Cancer Foundation
$20,880 towards two Chemo Pumps plus $5,000 to the Children’s Club.
Cancer Statistics & Past Donations
» Nearly 20,500 British Columbians were newly diagnosed with cancer
in 2008. Each year in
British Columbia, a crowd the size of a sold out Canucks game will find out
they have cancer.
» Over 9,200 British Columbians died from Cancer in 2008.
» Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in both men and women.
» Prostate cancer remains the most common cancer in men and the deadliest
cancer in men.
(Canadian Cancer Society BC Section)
Here is a brief list of donations that the Drive for the Cure has made in
the last few years.
Care Today – Cure Tomorrow.
Langely Hospital
- 2005 - $17,000 towards a Urology Telescope
- 2006 - $17,000 towards a Rigid Endoscope
- 2007 - $18,000 towards a Urology Camera Head
- 2008 - $22,500 towards a Flexible Cystoscope
- 2009 - $17,500 towards a Camera Head for Urology Scope Procedures
Maple Ridge Hospital
- 2005 - $25,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care
- 2006 - $25,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care
- 2007 - $25,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care
- 2008 - $25,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care
- 2009 - $20,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care
Fraser Valley Cancer Foundation
- 2005 - $18,000 towards a tri-flow chemo pump
- 2006 - $17,000 towards a tri-flow chemo pump plus $5,000 to the Children’s Club
- 2007 - $13,420 towards a tri-flow chemo pump plus $5,000 to the Children’s Club
- 2008 - $12,500 towards two chemo pumps
- 2009 - $12,000 towards two Tri-flow chemo pumps plus $5,000 to the Children's Club
Royal Jubillee Hospital
- 2009 - $15,000 towards a Colonoscope for Ambulatory Care