March 21, 2017

Vancouver health officials scrambling to slow drug-overdose deaths, government emails reveal

Emails obtained via FOI depicts city officials, health authorities, and the province working frantically to slow the rapidly rising body count associated with B.C.’s fentanyl crisis. With quotes from VCH’s Dr Patricia Daly and Miranda Compton.

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March 14, 2017

An MS trial reported ‘definitive’ results before it was done. Why?

The story questions why a UBC and VCHRI clinical trial looking into treatment for a vascular condition associated with MS has determined the therapy fails to treat MS, yet the trial is apparently still active. With comments from VCH’s Dr. Anthony Traboulsee.

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March 20, 2017

Liver transplants in B.C. ‘remarkable’ but risky business

A new study by experts at VGH has found that just over eight per cent of liver transplant recipients who get an organ from someone who has died will themselves die within a year after surgery in B.C. With comment from VCH’s Dr. Eric Yoshida.

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March 19, 2017

SALOME lead researcher calls on government to fund prescription injectable opioids for chronic substance users.

Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, lead SALOME researcher, urges more government funds for supervised injectable opioid substitution therapy.

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March 20, 2017

‘You need to be brave’: Expert calls on government to fund prescription opioids

Opioid researcher Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, the lead researcher for SALOME at Crosstown Clinic, is calling the BC government to fund substitution therapy to stop the overdose crisis.

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March 17, 2017

Richmondites living longer, but lonelier

Richmond residents continue to rise above the rest of Lower Mainland when it comes to life expectancy, but there’s still room for improvement, according to VCH’s Dr. Meena Dawar.

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March 19, 2017

Redevelopment threatens care of 125 frail seniors at George Pearson

The multi-million dollar redevelopment around VCH’s George Pearson Centre at Cambie and 57th Avenue may disrupt the lives of 125 frail seniors in an adult day care program.

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March 16, 2017

Upsetting picture

Writer is upset by overcrowded hospital, inadequate long-term care capacity and that their community is at the bottom of the list of resources doled out by VCH.

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March 16, 2017

Car2Go puts brakes on Horseshoe Bay ferry and Grouse Mountain drop-offs

Staff who commute from the Sunshine Coast to Lions Gate and Vancouver General hospitals are disappointed that Car2Go has stopped serving the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal.

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March 16, 2017

St. Paul’s Hospital $3.5M centre for vulnerable patients set to open spring 2017

A $3.5-million addition to St. Paul’s emergency department, geared toward mental health and drug-addicted patients, is set to open this spring in the midst of B.C.’s fentanyl crisis.

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