January 22, 2018

New Downtown Eastside injection site waits to save lives

VCH has built a new supervised injection site but it will sit empty. Quotes from Bonnie Wilson, VCH’s director of inner city and mental health and substance use.

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January 23, 2018

New revamped DTES clinic aims to take load off ER

VCH has revamped the way it offers services at three Downtown Eastside clinics. Quotes from Bonnie Wilson, VCH’s director of inner city and mental health and substance use.

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January 23, 2018

Staff tour Richmond’s new community health centre

Healthcare staff had a sneak peek at Richmond’s first ever community health centre, due to open this year. Quotes from Jennifer MacKenzie, VCH Richmond’s chief operating officer.

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January 19, 2018

Keeping the flu at bay

Interview with Dr. Meena Dawar about the flu.

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January 18, 2018

Thousands of B.C. Children’s Hospital ultrasound tests affected by technical glitch

An automatic computer system feed that is supposed to send ultrasound results to doctors at B.C. Children’s Hospital was inadvertently disabled nearly a year ago.

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January 18, 2018

Bike lane at Vancouver General Hospital creates new headaches

Some patients at VGH and their families are frustrated by the loss of parking spots.

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January 18, 2018

Vancouver Coastal Health suspends controversial employee absence program

VCH has suspended a controversial program designed to reduce absences among nurses and other hospital employees.

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January 18, 2018

Fentanyl test strips need to get into the hands of users on the streets, says public health officer

Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer with VCH, said the new Overdose Emergency Response Centre will launch five new regional teams across the province this January.

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January 19, 2018

SFU study tracks radon gas levels in Squamish homes

A research study from SFU is recruiting Squamish residents to test homes for an invisible, cancer-causing gas that seeps from the ground. VCH is currently testing public schools in the area.

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January 17, 2018

Vancouver overdose deaths reached ‘historical high’ in 2017

A total of 335 people are suspected of dying of a drug overdose in Vancouver last year. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical health officer.

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