BC Health

• B.C. faces long-term care shortage, and decision to delay facilities is drawing fire

  The decision, announced in the February budget, comes amid a shortfall of long-term care beds that is projected to soar over the next decade as the population ages.

  Canada

  Mar 19
  
• Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push

  Alex Alvarez is among hundreds of American health-care workers the province says are relocating to B.C. to escape "uncertainty and chaos" in the United States.

  Health

  Mar 10
  
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• B.C. family faces 3-year respite funding wait to care for son with rare brain cancer

  Mother Chintan Shah says she and her husband are full-time caregivers to their five-year-old son, but with bills mounting she hopes the province can expedite their respite request.

  Health

  Dec 27, 2024
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• ‘Can’t take it anymore’: Interior Health ER closures prompt call for internal audit

  The mayor of Williams Lake is calling on Interior Health to conduct an internal audit after Cariboo Memorial Hospital was temporarily closed 10 times in July.

  Health

  Jul 29, 2024
• ‘Careful evaluation needed’: Seemingly contradictory studies of B.C.’s safer supply released

  One study found the program was associated with a reduced risk of death, while the other concluded the strategy was associated with an increase in opioid overdose hospitalizations.

  Health

  Apr 11, 2024
• B.C. critical eye injection program at risk as specialists send out warning letters

  Retinal specialists oppose a move by their regulatory body that proposes a 32 per cent cut in their compensation, which the province has accepted.

  Health

  Mar 4, 2024
• After weeks of silence, Victoria patient’s hospital room TV will be fixed

  Diane Moffatt has been at the Royal Jubilee Hospital since Dec. 27, receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection. She also lives with Alzheimer's disease. 

  Health

  Feb 20, 2024
• More B.C. family doctors needed for addiction treatment, nurse says

  Dr. Sukhpreet Klaire said patients who have been stabilized need to be easily transitioned to ongoing support, especially as illegal drugs have become increasingly dangerous.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2023
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• Paralyzed B.C. man has hopes in stem cell treatment for recovery journey

  On July 21, 2021, Cameron Thompson was swimming at Puntledge River in Courtenay, B.C., on Vancouver Island. He dove into the water head first and ended up severing his spinal cord.

  Health

  Dec 17, 2023
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• B.C. woman pens letter to Adrian Dix after receiving ‘live-saving’ cancer treatment in U.S.

  Kristin Logan was spurred to write the letter after she was diagnosed with cancer and went to receive life-saving treatment in the U.S.

  Health

  Nov 23, 2023