St. Paul’s Hospital pioneers cutting number of routine chest X-rays
Vancouver Sun
A number of large Metro Vancouver hospitals are trimming the number of X-rays given to intensive care patients after studies showed they were unnecessary and potentially hazardous.
Virus makes rounds at residential care home
Powell River Peak
Administrators at Olive Devaud Residence are trying to contain the spread of a gastrointestinal virus after a number of residents began displaying symptoms on December 28. VCH spokesperson Anna Marie D’Angelo is quoted.
Parents, brother welcome News Year’s baby for 2013
Squamish Chief
Shea Spindler arrives early Jan. 1 at Squamish General Hospital.
It’s turning into a nasty, deadly, perfectly normal flu season
Globe and Mail
Hospitals are bursting at the seams, from the ER to the ward, and many are cancelling surgeries and clinics to ease the pressure. Tamiflu, an antiviral drug, is in such short supply that Ottawa is dipping into its emergency reserves. Yet for all the rising concern, this is a normal flu season. Nasty and deadly is the norm.