Bc Women's Hospital Foundation

bc women’s hospital foundation women’s hospital foundation supports the medical equipment, patient care, research, and education needs of the hospital and health centre through fundraising activities, corporate partnerships, special events, and planned giving. bc women’s hospital bc women's hospital is the only facility in bc devoted exclusively to the health of women, newborns, and families. comprising 52 percent of the population, women account for an enormous group of health care users. and while women have a whole range of health issues related to their unique childbearing capacity, we are learning more every day about how health and medicine differ between men and women in many more areas than previously believed. from a physiological standpoint, women’s bodies are simply different from men’s. women are more vulnerable to conditions such as osteoporosis and suffer from different types of cancer. their bodies react differently to treatment and medications, both when pregnant and wh