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Mission All Together for Healthcare (MATH) Society Special Accomplishment Award The Mission All Together for Healthcare Society, commonly known as MATH, is a non-profit society that supports a community-based model of healthcare that serves the residents of Mission and its surrounding areas, competently and efficiently. MATH was formed by members of the community, following the unexpected death of Sandra Selvaraja

We’ve decided to post case scenarios to further our understanding of the importance of CT scanners! CT scanners are a VITAL part of diagnosing patients in order to care for them properly! Today’s patient is an 18 year-old male who was brought into Mission Memorial Hospital at 2 AM after falling and hitting his head. He had been at a

Mission Healthcare 2002: Fraser Health Region was formed and healthcare became centralized This meant that at the Mission Hospital ICU closes Dr. Baillie is forced out OR’s closed Pediatric unit is closed No support for maternity services Threat of losing other services Down 25 beds Mission Memorial Hospital suffered many losses and cutbacks in 2002. So where are we now?

From 1975-2002 the hospital had 54 beds and 2 operating rooms. General practitioners and anesthesiologists worked at MMH. There were maternity, pediatrics, surgical, and ICU wards. The operating room was also available for emergencies as well. The big star of the show was our maternity services! Patients from Vancouver, the lower mainland, and even Kelowna were coming to have their

Mission Memorial Hospital Health Care History! We thought it would be a good idea to do some posts on our healthcare history here in Mission. For our first post let’s begin at the beginning! At the Mission Memorial Hospital Physician’s shared responsibilities. GP’s were involved with a little bit of everything! This included: Office work, surgery, obstetrics, anesthesia, emergency. The

Mission Altogether for Healthcare (MATH) represented by Lloyd Rash, Judith Ray, and Andrew Edelson, present a check for $49,000 to the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation. MATH, Mission’s Rotary Clubs and the Aldergrove Credit Union partnered to raise funds for the Mission Memorial Hospital CT Scanner Feasibility Study. MATH is one of six impactful community groups receiving donations from the

Winner Margaret Pfoh accepts her raffle pendant from Ken Selvaraja. The raffle for the 14k yellow/white gold diamond & blue sapphire pendant (valued at $6,000.00) was organized by Lanka Jewels and the Rotary Club of Mission BC and raised $39,000 to go towards a much-needed CT scanner at Mission Memorial Hospital.