Whooping cough continues to spread in Vancouver
Georgia Straight
Vancouver is in the midst of a whooping-cough outbreak. And according to Vancouver Coastal Health’s medical director of communicable-disease control, Dr. Reka Gustafson, things could get worse before they get better.
Helipad’s landing status remains a concern
Whistler Question
The current flight path needed to land single-engine helicopters requires additional tree removal work that Vancouver Coastal Health is not willing to take on. VCH spokesperson Trudi Beutel is quoted.
Drug user dies at Vancouver’s supervised injections site/housing facility
Vancouver Courier
The death occurred Sept. 14 and marks the first time someone died in the building that houses a detox centre, the injection site and temporary housing for recovering drug users.
Focus on palliative care, not suicide: doctor
CTV BC
Dr. Romayne Gallagher works with the palliative care program at Providence Health Care, which aims to alleviate suffering for the dying. She argues the highly-controversial practice of assisted suicide would serve just a fraction of terminally ill patients.