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Rick Jenkins and Shauna Jenkins present a $30,000 check to Dr. Yashu Coe. Pediatric Cardiologist at the Stollery Hospital. The presentation was done at the ultra modern catheterization lab in the Mazankowski Heart Institute on Dec. 4, 2009. Dr. Coe works very closely with with pediatric and heart transplant patients at the Stollery and is world renowned for his work in the catheterization field. Funds are to be utilized for medical and research equipment, educational books and patient support pursuant to our objectives as filed with the Charities Directorate.
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As a special Christmas surprise and to help keep the Cardiac Kids busy during their stay at the Stollery, we also purchased $1,500 worth of Nintendo DS and Playstation portables along with over 15 games. These will be utilized on the ward as well as the outpatient clinic.
Some of the kids waiting for heart transplant can be in hospital over a year so we know these will be well utilized!
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We continue with our educational series at schools to spread the word and educate about congenital and acquired cardiac heart disease. 1 in 100 children will be born with a congenital heart defect.
![]() About 1,400 children will be born with CHD in Western Canada in 2010.
Over 1,000 of those children will be treated at the Stollery Heart Institute.
The Stollery will perform over 600 pediatric heart surgeries this year alone.
Thank you to Ecole Bellevue School in Beaumont for allowing us to educate the children and be part of their family!!
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