Beach closures, top hospitalization injuries & food borne outbreaks

What do beach closures,injuries that cause hospitalizations and food borne outbreaks have in common? They are all featured in the latest VCH Health Watch issue.

The 2014 third quarter edition of Health Watch is now available and is full of interesting, local health information.

Learn more about falls, transport-related injuries and attempted suicide hospitalizations, food borne outbreaks and the closure of several Vancouver and North Shore beaches over this past summer.

The Health Watch newsletter provides a summary of health indicators within Vancouver Coastal Health, including:

• Health promotional messages
• Disease surveillance
• Food service closures
• Water advisories
• Air quality
• Emergency management

For past issues visit the VCH website.