A record night for Brilliant, a spectacular, multi-media fashion show, raised $1.5 million for mental health programs and services at St. Paul’s Hospital.

As the number of drug overdoses continues to rise, number of patients facing irreversible brain damage and other long-term health issues are also increasing. With quotes from Dr. Del Dorscheid, ICU critical care doctor at St. Paul’s Hospital.

The Mobile Medical Unit, a satellite emergency room established in the Downtown Eastside is helping to deal with the city’s surge in overdoses and relieve crowded emergency rooms.

VCH has opened its fifth overdose prevention site in a modified first-aid trailer in the Downtown Eastside. With quotes from Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, VCH’s medical health officer.

An unsanctioned supervised-injection site in the Downtown Eastside has been brought under the VCH umbrella. With quotes from Gavin Wilson, director of public affairs at VCH.

An unsanctioned pop-up supervised injection site in the downtown east side has finally received government funding. VCH has brought the pop-up site under its wing.

Skiers and snowboarders are hospitalized at five times the rate of hockey players in B.C.
With quotes from Dr. David Evans, a trauma surgeon at VGH.

In the wake of the increasing drug overdose crisis, take-home kits are now available from Squamish General Hospital and Mental Health and Addiction Services in Squamish.

Social-aid workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside say the drug-overdose crisis that is sweeping through the community is taking a heavy psychological toll on them.

Mother of a young traveller who died of an accidental overdose in Whistler has advice for those who may be experimenting with recreational drugs: don’t use alone. With quotes from Carrie Stefanson, public affairs officer with VCH.