BC Health

• Vancouver hospital first in B.C. to use MOLLI magnetic ‘seed’ to help remove breast cancer tumours

  The magnetic 'seed' is about the size of a sesame seed, according to Providence Breast Centre surgical oncologist Dr. Amy Bazzarelli.

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  Apr 4
  
• B.C. Nurses’ Union, Health Employers Association reach tentative agreement

  The B.C. Nurses’ Union says it has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the province’s Health Employers Association of B.C.

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  Apr 1
  
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• B.C. doctor trained in Ukraine advocates for more residency spaces for foreign grads

  Mahir Mohammed said when he applied, around 3,000 residency spots were open for aspiring family doctors but only 10 per cent of them were reserved for foreign graduates.

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  Mar 26
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• B.C. hospitals struggle with surgery backlog but leads provinces in progress: report

  'You can't grow a nurse or a doctor overnight, so it is going to take a little bit of time for us to get out of this tough situation,' an official said of B.C.'s surgical backlog.

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  Mar 24
• Northern Vancouver Island residents hold rally amid rural health-care staffing issues

  "We are really having the same problem everywhere. We are operating with a skeleton staff,” B.C. Rural Health Network’s executive director said.

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  Mar 11
• B.C. spring COVID-19 booster program set to start in April

  In a slight deviation from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is suggesting those with no natural immunity get the booster.

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  Mar 10
• Second B.C. company says it has been given green light to sell, produce cocaine

  Sunshine Earth Labs, a biosciences company in Victoria, said Health Canada has granted them three amendments, to include MDMA, cocaine, and opium, morphine and diacetylmorphine.

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  Mar 3
• $3.3B in new cash over 10 years included in B.C. health deal with Ottawa

  B.C. was one of the last provinces that had yet to sign a new health-care funding deal with the federal government.

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  Mar 1
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• Richmond, B.C. woman angry after doctor performs treatment on the wrong eye

  Ng said it wasn't until after the procedure was over that she was informed that she would have to undergo the procedure again, but this time on her right eye. 

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  Feb 24
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• B.C. announces new $440 million, 10-year cancer care action plan 

  According to a release, the plan will also include funding for people who have to travel from more rural or remote communities to receive cancer care. 

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  Feb 24