Pandemic-fed crisis in long-term care prompted a feds to promise safety legislation in such settings
18 vacancies represent 6,000 to 8,000 patients without a family doctor
Members will decide whether to ratify it or not over coming weeks
Fundraiser started for family of Addy, who would have turned 2 in February
B.C. pharmacists will be allowed to make some prescriptions beginning in spring 2023
Stand-alone clinic provides space for people to recover from intoxication
‘It’s a waste of a resource. I could see hundreds of patients right in this area…’
Port McNeill Hospital’s emergency department will remain open 24/7 during both of these closures
Briana Greer hopes to save mom on B.C. kidney waiting list
Vulnerabilities at PHSA have existed uncorrected since 2019, says info and privacy commissioner
‘It was not an easy thing, just to leave them and come home, then sleep and go again’
They are ready and willing, but due to provincial policies, these healthcare workers are not able
The ICU – currently filled mostly by children – has been over capacity for the last month
New guide comes alongside findings of widespread anti-Indigenous racism
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, an average of five to six kids died per flu season across Canada
3-year agreement includes better after-hours pay, more rural funding, shift toward primary care
Province one third of the way through its flu season, Dr. Bonnie Henry says
