Our Stories
The Road to Recovery
Left: Thanks to surgical treatments at Burnaby Hospital, Dr. Lee Busse can now walk and enjoy his life, making up for missed time on the golf course.
When Dr. Lee Busse moved with his young family to Burnaby over 50 years ago, he never imagined the kind of impact Burnaby Hospital would have on him and his family.
“My first experience with Burnaby Hospital was when my wife had a horrific accident and broke her kneecap in 12 different places,” shares Lee. “This was 18 years ago, and luckily, she was operated on by Dr. Ralph Belle, who put her back together.”
The Nuclear Photographer
Left: Burnaby Hospital nuclear medicine technologist, Karen Yip, with her camera of choice.
Karen Yip is a Nuclear Medicine Technologist. When she talks to her friends and family about her work, it’s not an uncommon sight for her to be met with quizzical responses. Having joined Burnaby Hospital’s Nuclear Medicine team almost three years ago, Karen explains to me that this branch of medicine involves using radioactive materials or tracers to scan and take images of patients. Many of the patients Karen sees in a typical day can involve looking at hearts, bones, lungs, kidneys, stomachs, brains and other organs in the body.
From the ER Frontlines
Left: Dr. Paul Johar finishes his rounds and heads to Burnaby Hospital’s SuperTrack.
After four years working in Burnaby Hospital’s Emergency Department, Dr. Paul Johar, is one of many heroes working in the hospital’s frontlines. He’s been practicing for seven years now, enjoys the nine- to ten-hour shifts and says his days are never typical and goes by very quickly.
“I get a chance to see a lot of people,” he shares, “and I think I’m able to help a lot of people that way. I’m in an atmosphere surrounded by health care professionals and I’m able to learn from them and bounce ideas off of them. And that’s really unique in the Emergency Department.”
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