Adrian Dix

• B.C. announces details of $20 million to expand travel supports for cancer treatment

  The B.C. government has announced details on a $20 million funding boost to expand travel supports for cancer patients living in rural and remote communities.

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  Sep 27
  
• New inpatient tower, cancer centre plan approved for Burnaby Hospital redevelopment

  'The approval of the business plan marks an important milestone in bringing cancer care closer to home,' said Sara Roth, the BC Cancer Foundation’s president and CEO.

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  Sep 13
  
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• Days after doctors protest, B.C. breaks ground on second Surrey hospital

  A long-awaited and often-promised second hospital for the City of Surrey marked a milestone today with a groundbreaking ceremony promising the opening of the new facility by 2029.

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  Sep 12
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• ‘Decades of chronic underfunding‘: Doctors rally in Surrey citing issues with funding, state of services

  The rally started at 2 p.m. in the Surrey Civic Plaza outside Surrey City Hall, with hundreds of Surrey residents in attendance.

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  Sep 9
• Minister shares progress on Surrey’s health-care woes as doctors prepare for rally

  In May, dozens of doctors and midwives penned letters to health-care officials and the public stating that quality of care in at Surrey Memorial Hospital is in serious jeopardy.

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  Sep 8
• Hundreds of surgeries postponed as Vancouver Island hospital closes operating room

  The Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria is closing one of its ten operating rooms from Sept. 5 to Oct. 27.

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  Sep 2
• First Canadian case of new COVID-19 variant confirmed in B.C.

  B.C. health officials said the case was confirmed in the Fraser Health region, and involves a person who had not travelled outside the province.

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  Aug 29
• Evacuated Yellowknife patients, long-term care residents to arrive in B.C. on Friday

  Health Minister Adrian Dix said co-ordination with the territorial government began before the evacuation order was issued Wednesday, in anticipation of the possibility. 

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  Aug 17
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• With high heat incoming, fewer than 400 of B.C.’s free air conditioners have been installed

  Some 2,000 applications have been processed, however, BC Hydro told Global News ahead of a heat event in the forecast for next week.

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  Aug 11
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• New study aims to collect, amplify rural voices in B.C. health care ‘crisis’

  According to the research team, many thousands of rural residents "often feel their health-care needs are overshadowed by urban-focused health policies."

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  Aug 1