UBC researcher and physician Pat McGeer says recent announcement to add operating rooms to VGH will do little to reduce surgery backlog.

VGH received a grant of $102 million to build 16 advanced operating rooms and a nursing unit to improve the facilities.

The B.C. government says it will provide $25 million to increase the number of surgeries performed each year and buy four new MRI machines.

Writer points out that the new 9,000 square foot Foundry North Shore office for youth with addictions is next door to a liquor store.

A new integrated youth centre to counter mental health and substance abuse was launched on the North Shore on Thursday.

Seattle is moving forward with plans for a supervised injection site. We visit Vancouver’s Insite.

As King County public health and elected officials want to open drug injection sites, they look to Vancouver’s Insite for answers.

Seattle and King County are moving forward with proposed plans to open two supervised drug consumption sites, modeled after Insite in Vancouver, BC.

A $102-million expansion at VGH will see the number of operating rooms climb to 37 from 21, boosting the number of surgeries to more than 19,000 per year.

The BC government and VCH have announced a $102-million upgrade for VGH which will allow construction of 16 operating rooms and a 40-bed unit for surgical patients.