A $2-million donation to St. Paul’s Foundation from Bank of Montreal will support the health and wellness of Indigenous communities in British Columbia, with a focus on cardiac health.
Of the $2-million, $1.6-million will go to the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Chair in Heart Health and Wellness at St. Paul’s Hospital, with the other $400,000 earmarked for a new hospital that will replace the downtown Vancouver facility.
Heart-disease rates for Indigenous people in Canada are as much as 50 per cent higher than in the general population, and the death rate from stroke is twice as high, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
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