Doctors forced to administer up to 20 times the normal dose of naloxone to revive some patients. With quotes from Dr. Kevin Nemethy at St. Paul’s Hospital.

St. Paul’s Hospital downtown gets more than 70 per cent of drug overdose cases in Vancouver, making it ground zero of Canada’s fentanyl crisis.

Volunteers on bikes have been patrolling Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside equipped with Naloxone as part of Portland Hotel Society’s ‘Spikes On Bikes’ program

Loretta Holmes, who told Peace Arch News that her two year wait for an MRI scan was “ridiculous,” was informed she could have her MRI 17 months ahead of schedule.

90 minutes of CPR saved John Evenson from a “widow-maker” heart attack, he is grateful and appreciative of the Pemberton Health Centre staff that saved his life.

British Columbia is opening new locations where people can inject illicit drugs while monitored by trained staff — but the province says it isn’t skirting the law on supervised-injection sites.

As fentanyl’s reign of terror worsens, Vancouver’s famous injection site remains open around the clock.

Powell River resident shares her positive feelings about health-care options in the city and thank the outstanding caregivers.

Writer notes that he doesn’t understand why volunteers at the Health Care Auxiliary cannot continue helping residents at the new Silverstone Care Centre.

Regional Hospital District (RHD) directors had questions for VCH around two requests for “minor capital funding” presented at Dec. 1 meeting, and it could lead to a policy change.