On September 14, urologic oncologist Paul Perrotte and cardiologist Pierre Laram\u00e9e took to their bikes and rode the 275 kilometres between Montr\u00e9al and Qu\u00e9bec City, joined by a plucky band of a dozen other cyclists. Together with the many donors who supported their remarkable efforts, they managed to raise $129,442 for the 13th Doc-V\u00e9lo to support the CHUM and its teams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doc-V\u00e9lo is more than just a feat of athleticism. It\u2019s a calling that brings together physicians, CHUM employees and big-hearted cyclists, all motivated to go the extra mile for the good of the CHUM\u2019s patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCovering 275 kilometres in a day is tough, but it\u2019s nothing next to what people with life-altering diseases have to go through. Our bodies may tire along the way, but our will to give our all for our patients never falters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 CHUM physicians and challenge organizers Paul Perrotte, urologic oncologist, and Pierre Laram\u00e9e, cardiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The two CHUM doctors and avid cyclists created Doc-V\u00e9lo to raise money in honour of their patients, who have been so exceptionally brave in fighting disease. From this sincere commitment was born an inspiring event that rallies people to make a real difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou and the loyal community of donors you have assembled have given hope to hundreds of CHUM patients over so many years. As you\u2019re well aware, the money you raise is critical to helping our hospital provide excellent care for years to come.\u201d\u2014 Pascale Bouchard, President and Chief Executive Officer of the CHUM Foundation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Since the first Doc-V\u00e9lo, the event has raised over $1.3 million, helping the CHUM\u2019s teams take giant strides in research and care to provide patients with cutting-edge treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On September 14, urologic oncologist Paul Perrotte and cardiologist Pierre Laram\u00e9e took to their bikes[…];<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":947,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions\/947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationduchum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Going above and beyond for health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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