CBC Investigation credits VCH in part, for decision to stop Calgary-based Pure North S’Energy Foundation from distributing supplements at the Vancouver Food Bank.
Read MoreVancouver food bank potentially risked clients’ health through lax alternative-health program
Privatization is here
Gibsons resident share the high cost of transporting her husband to Lions Gate Hospital every four to six weeks for a procedure that cannot be done at Sechelt Hospital.
Read MoreEarly diagnosis may prevent unexplained sudden death
Dr. Andrew Krahn, heart-rhythm specialist at St. Paul’s Hospital shares research on Sudden Unexplained Death (SUD) identified in a number of inherited heart rhythm conditions.
Read MoreCall for mental health beds
There isn’t a staffing model that can support mental health beds at Squamish General Hospital, according to a spokesperson for Vancouver Coastal Health.
Read More10-bed youth mental health unit opens in North Vancouver
HOpe Centre’s new Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorder Centre is the first of its kind in Western Canada. With quotes from Dr. Jordan Cohen, medical manager of the new unit.
Read MoreVancouver retirement home reverses decision that would have evicted 21 residents
The owners of Terraces on 7th retirement home have reversed a decision to end their contract with VCH, meaning 21 residents of subsidized assisted-living units who had been given notice will no longer have to move by the end of September.
Read MoreVancouver seniors facing eviction now allowed to stay in retirement home
Instead of evicting seniors out of its assisted living facility, Retirement Concepts has decided the seniors can stay for now and will work with VCH on a longer term plan.
Read MoreClinic to replace Mobile Medical Unit in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
The MMU will stop accepting patients next week. Low-risk overdose patients will be taken to a nearby clinic. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for VCH.
Read MoreDowntown Eastside overdose clinic closes to doctors, ambulances
The Mobile Medical Unit in the DTES will scale back its services beginning Monday. Emergency and addiction doctors will be reassigned. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for VCH.
Read MoreMobile medical unit on the Downtown Eastside to stop taking patients
The mobile medical unit (MMU) on the Downtown Eastside that opened to help relieve overwhelmed emergency responders amid the overdose crisis will stop accepting patients on Monday.
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