May 12, 2017

Vancouver’s drug strategy has been a disaster. Be very wary of emulating it

Writer says Vancouver is in its second decade of dealing with an injected-drug crisis and it seems to be getting worse.

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May 11, 2017

Vancouver scientists find cancer-causing mutations in common non-cancerous gynecological disorder

VCH involved with study on cancer-causing gene mutations that were found in the pelvic lesions of women with atypically non-cancerous gynecological disorder.

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May 3, 2017

Powell River Hospice Society plans facility

Powell River Hospice Society has committed to raising a significant amount of money for hospice and palliative care.

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May 11, 2017

Ownership matters

Gayle Duteil, President of BC Nurses’ Union wants to save Sechelt’s publicly owned and operated care homes and ensure seniors’ care is not contracted to for-profit companies.

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May 13, 2017

‘Poor man’s methadone’: Imodium is a potentially fatal high

Imodium is worrying doctors and emergency room staff because of the dangerous high it gives opioid abusers. With quotes from Dr. Chris DeWitt of St. Paul’s Hospital.

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May 11, 2017

Mom survives heart attack during childbirth thanks to “heroic” team

Jaxon Gallagher is only one month old, but one day he’ll be old enough to tell his mom “Happy Mother’s Day,” and learn the story of how her heart gave out the day he was born.

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May 14, 2017

Woman and baby alive after medical drama unfolds at St. Paul’s Hospital

Doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital managed to save a young, pregnant woman and her baby after the mom went into sudden heart failure.

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May 3, 2017

HOpe on a Grand Scale

North Shore Registered Music Teachers raised $24,347.37 for the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, a new youth mental health facility in the HOpe Centre.

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May 9, 2017

Carlile youth centre opening

The opening of the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre at the HOpe Centre was celebrated on March 29.

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May 10, 2017

Richmond Steveston Liberal John Yap says getting the hospital improvement developed is his priority

Yap secured his fourth term as MLA for Richmond-Steveston. When asked what projects he’ll be working on, he said a new hospital for Richmond was “clearly a priority.”

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