Alberta’s supervised consumption sites should be permitted to offer drug testing to help users learn what dangers might be lurking in their illicit narcotics, the province’s opioid commission recommended Friday. With quotes from Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, medical health officer at VCH, and mention of Insite.

Richmond North Centre Liberal MLA Teresa Wat, who had been widely criticized and questioned before — for delaying the construction of a Richmond Hospital tower when her BC Liberal government was in power — is now doing and asking the same of the NDP.

At last month’s national convention, the NDP party passed a resolution calling for the decriminalization of personal possession of all drugs and for an increase in the number of supervised drug-use sites across Canada. Mention of Crosstown Clinic.

Dr. David Schaeffer (UBC, Vancouver General Hospital), is co-leading a $5-million pan-Canadian, precision medicine initiative recently funded by the Terry Fox Research Institute.

The Ministry of Health has appointed five new board members to the board of College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia.

Today Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the province’s new research strategy, which he says to lead to improved healthcare in BC.

According to Dr. Gabriela Ionita, it’s possible to learn the tools to control your anxiety instead of letting anxiety control your life. Anxiety workshops held at Richmond Hospital.

In response to the opioid crisis, the City of Vancouver recommends that the federal government decriminalize all illicit narcotics, including cocaine and heroin. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer and vice president of public health of VCH.

Special series “Speed Was A Factor” on CBC Radio One. Guest Dr. Emily Newhouse, medical health officer for VCH discusses why changing speed limits did not reduce fatalities.

Recent patient says Sechelt Hospital may not have all the resources of a big city hospital; it does, however, have the most important resource – the people who work there.