Health officials are investigating after a Vancouver man alleges his 78-year-old mother with Alzheimer’s was roughed up by St. Paul’s Hospital security and left crying and bruised.

Over the next two years, Powell River Division of Family Practice will conduct an extensive investigation on chronic pain.

City of Powell River issued a stop-work order at the former Olive Devaud Residence, previously used by VCH as an assisted-care facility for seniors.

Local police chiefs are calling for suicide-prevention measures to be added to two bridges over the Fraser River. Number of suicides in VCH is mentioned.

The rate of illicit drug overdose deaths in Richmond has tripled in the first four months of 2017. With quotes from Meena Dawar, VCH Richmond’s medical health officer.

Dr. Paul Martiquet, VCH Sunshine Coast’s medical health officer, does not draw any conclusions from the slight drop in number of overdoses at Sechelt Hospital.

A Vancouver businessman has teamed up with an American doctor to provide badly-needed surgery to people in Ethiopia.

On June 15, Sunshine Coast Community Resource Network will be at Sechelt Hospital to help the community identify existing services to address elder abuse.

The notorious superbug Clostridium difficile attacks people whose immune system is weak, but at VGH, two dedicated dogs are successfully detecting it.

ProMIS Neurosciences announced new member on their scientific advisory board (SAB). With quotes from Dr. Neil Cashman, director of VCH ALS Centre.