March 15, 2018

Richmond man’s paralysis due to lead poisoning remains a mystery

Herb Calderwood suffers from lead poisoning. Environment Canada and VCH are trying to figure out how and why he got sick.

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March 16, 2018

Asthma treatment gives Wasaga Beach woman new lease on life

Dr. J. Mark Fitzgerald, director of the Centre for Heart and Lung Health at VCH Research Institute, was principal investigator of clinical research to test new asthma treatment.

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March 16, 2018

Uncovering The Face of Vancouver’s Opioid Epidemic

Interview with Chris Van Veen, Director of Special Projects for Vancouver Coastal Health on why men are disproportionately affected in the overdose crisis.

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March 13, 2018

Separating newborn babies from mothers with addiction does more harm than good, says doctor

Dr. Ron Abrahams, who works with Sheway, believes stress from separating newborn baby from women suffering from addiction has been confused for withdrawal symptoms.

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March 15, 2018

Give Mr. Dix a message

Writer is urges Sunshine Coast residents to join the public meeting to tell Health Minister Adrian Dix they don’t want private-for-profit health care in this community.

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March 15, 2018

City: Rumour about changing modular housing location is untrue

City of Richmond says that rumour saying an alternative location for the 7300 Elmbridge Way homeless housing project was chosen is “completely untrue.”

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March 14, 2018

Vancouver social-housing proposal would nix art-deco building

$83 million in funding for new affordable-housing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. But some heritage buildings will be torn down, including Salvation Army Temple, owned by VCH since 2001. With quotes from Carrie Stefanson, spokesperson for VCH.

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March 15, 2018

Council bans safe injection sites in unincorporated Snohomish County

Snohomish County Council voted unanimously to ban safe injections sites following a public hearing. Mentions statistics from Vancouver’s Insite program.

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March 12, 2018

Dix to speak in Sechelt March 19

Dix will be speaking in Sechelt at the invitation of the NDP’s Powell River-Sunshine Coast constituency association, a little over a month after confirming a deal is in the works to locate a new long-term care facility on shíshálh Nation lands.

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March 13, 2018

Angus, the paws-itive hospital asset, hits the road for more spaniel-sniffing infection control duty

The English springer spaniel Angus, credited with detecting and preventing superbug infections at Vancouver General Hospital, is now lending his canine snout and germ detective duties to other hospitals in B.C. On Monday, Angus and his trainer visited Kelowna General Hospital.

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