“Cardiac surgeons on a selection committee at St. Paul’s Hospital manipulated the hiring process for a training position so they could hire a student who was the son of their boss and of a provincial cabinet minister, documents show.”

Vancouver drug users want their illegal crack-smoking room back. With quotes from Dr. Thomas Kerr, co-director for the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS’ Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative.

Statistics collected by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 68 per cent of two-year-olds in the province, excluding those in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, were up-to-date on their childhood vaccinations in 2013. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, a VCH medical health officer.

Dr. Paul Termansen has been a psychiatrist for nearly 50 years, a former leader at Lion’s Gate Hospital, pioneer in suicide education and bipolar treatment, and a strong advocate for mental health patients and causes.

British Columbia stopped paying this week for a popular diabetes drug, prompting frustrated physicians to accuse the government of potentially jeopardizing the health of patients so it can save money. With quotes from Dr. Graydon Meneilly, a VGH physician who is also head of the UBC department of medicine.

The head of one of B.C.’s largest autism support networks says the province’s dental care system is not meeting the needs of people with severe disabilities. Mention VCH’s operating room time quadrupling over the past two years.

The city’s largest provider of addiction and mental-health services is introducing a shift in the way it helps people access systems. With quotes from Andrew MacFarlane, Director of Mental Health and Addiction, Vancouver, for VCH.

Depending on your perspective, Mark Townsend might be the visionary that put Vancouver’s harm reduction model on the map, or the profligate spender who nearly destroyed a massive non-profit by appearing to live comfortably on the backs of society’s most vulnerable. With mention of Insite, VCH’s supervised injection site.

Voting Yes in the upcoming plebiscite on the Metro Vancouver Congestion Improvement Tax as it will save lives, say the chief medical health officers of the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions. With quotes from Dr. Daly.

Vancouver-area medical health officers are endorsing a Yes vote in the regional plebiscite. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH Chief Medical Health Officer.