BC Health Care

• Emergency departments on northern Vancouver Island to open set hours for now

  Island Health will establish daily shuttle services between Port Hardy and Port McNeill Hospitals, as well as daily shuttles to Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

  Health

  Jan 27
  
• B.C. making progress in clearing surgical backlog amid staffing issues

  The week before Christmas, health authorities completed nearly 4,700 surgeries across the province, and the week before that almost 7,500 surgeries were completed.

  Health

  Jan 14
  
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• B.C.’s paramedics union, province reach tentative deal Saturday

  "This new agreement will help secure a significant foundation for improvement for paramedic services in B.C.," said Troy Clifford, Ambulance Paramedics of BC’s president.

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  Jan 7
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• B.C. reactivates Emergency Operation Centres at hospital as pressure builds

  'January is always a busy time in health care and we have all these issues,' B.C.'s Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday, ahead of Friday's announcement.

  Health

  Jan 6
• B.C.’s paramedics union enters final day of negotiations, job action possible, union says

  'If we don't get the key issues addressed, job action is something we will consider down the road,' said Troy Clifford, Ambulance Paramedics of BC's president.

  Canada

  Jan 6
• B.C. expanding PharmaCare coverage to include diabetes, heart failure and blood clot drugs

  As of Thursday, B.C. PharmaCare drug coverage expands. 'The medication in question affects 245,000 people. These are much-needed medications in our province,' the province said.

  Health

  Jan 5
• B.C. psychological experts pushing for public mental health system

  The B.C. Psychological Association is pleading with the province to include psychologist treatment in the public health system.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2022
• Port Hardy Hospital emergency department closed overnight for 18-day holiday stretch

  The 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. shutdowns began Thursday and will continue until the morning of Jan. 9. Other inpatient services will continue as usual, Island Health said.

  Health

  Dec 23, 2022
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• BC Children’s Hospital ‘absolutely’ confident it can catch up on delayed surgeries

  The BC Children's Hospital has been slammed with sick children for months, its emergency department noting a 20-per-cent increase in volume since the fall.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2022
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• Rural B.C. patients paid more than $1,500 over 2 years in travel expenses for health care: Study

  Nearly 80 per cent of survey respondents reported difficulty paying for their care, and 60 per cent said travelling to access care had negatively impacted their health.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2022