Wait times for seniors getting into government-funded nursing homes has increased, yet the number of direct home support hours to seniors living in the community has decreased, according to the second annual Monitoring Seniors’ Services Report released Tuesday by the B.C. Seniors Advocate.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Sheway and raised awareness for the outreach program. With quotes from Carrie Stefanson, VCH public affairs officer.

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

The series finale of the wildly-popular Knowledge Network documentary series, Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH airs Dec. 21 at Vancity Theatre

British Columbians who have had open-chest surgery in the past five years – including thousands from St. Paul’s and VGH — are being notified about a rare infection linked to a machine used during operations.

A senior RCMP officer says after watching an addict fill a syringe with dirty water he is now advocating for providing medical-grade heroin at clinics.

A vacant city lot in the Downtown Eastside has been paved with asphalt and transformed into a $10,000-a-day mobile medical unit to respond faster to drug overdose victims.

Health Minister Jane Philpott introduced legislation that would make it easier to set up supervised drug-injection sites and for border guards to open suspicious packages.

BC’s mobile medical unit will begin saving lives in the Downtown Eastside for as long as it’s needed in the opioid crisis. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical officer of VCH.

David Barbic, Clinical Assistant Professor in UBC’s Department of Emergency Medicine, interviewed about a study showing where cardiac arrests happen in Vancouver, and which places have the best outcomes.