Vancouver Island Health Authority

• B.C. man among hundreds left waiting in pain due to Victoria operating room closures

  Hundreds of people in the Victoria area have had their surgeries postponed, amid the prolonged closure of four operating rooms at two capital region hospitals.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• Groups want educational materials from fossil fuel companies out of B.C. classrooms

  The association's B.C. chapter released an open letter to Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside on Wednesday urging her to end fossil fuel promotion in schools.

  Education

  Mar 3, 2022
  
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• Island Health, RCMP investigating allegations of caregiver stealing money from senior

  A woman hired to take care of a Nanaimo senior is also using the opportunity to take his money, allege 93-year-old Douglas Fairbanks and his daughter Susan Tye.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2017
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• Study shows young people not as concerned with driving high as drunk driving

  More than 35 per cent admitted to driving after consuming marijuana or got in a vehicle with a driver who had.

  Health

  Oct 28, 2016
• Family upset over gravestones used in Vancouver retaining wall

  Eight headstones are being used as a retaining wall in Vancouver, and some family members of the deceased are not happy about it.

  Mar 9, 2015
• Three Vancouver Island doctors suspended in contract dispute

  WATCH: Three of Vancouver Island’s top hospital-based doctors were suspended over the weekend. The Island Health Authority says they violated the code of conduct but as Kylie Stanton reports, the doctors say it’s intimidation at the expense of patient care. A contract dispute between the Vancouver Island Health Authority and doctors at Victoria’s two major hospitals...

  Mar 9, 2015
• WATCH: Family says hospital failed to report assault on 82-year-old man who later died

  Island Health is facing some tough questions after the death of a palliative care patient.

  Jul 30, 2014