BC healthcare
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The B.C. government apologizes for systemic racism towards Indigenous people in B.C.’s health-care systemFormer children’s commissioner Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond was hired to investigate claims the so-called "Price is Right" game was being played in one B.C. hospital.HealthNov 30, 2020
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Pharmacare can help with B.C. prescription costs amid COVID-19: health ministerSome provinces have addressed the issue — Nova Scotia, for example — but B.C. says it is still working on a solution to help.HealthApr 29, 2020
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Osoyoos, Oliver asked to provide housing for locum ER doctorsHealth-care officials say the solution to staffing shortages in the Oliver hospital's ER is providing housing to locum doctors, but ER physicians say the real problem is pay inequity.HealthMar 31, 2019
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B.C. health minister defends decision to roll privately-run home support services into health authoritiesDix said he doesn't expect any layoffs as a result of the transition.HealthMar 15, 2019
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Experts say better environmental design, staff training needed in wake of Okanagan care home deaths linked to aggressionAdvocates, experts and trade unions say better environmental design, staff training needed to thwart resident aggression in B.C. care facilities.HealthJan 16, 2019
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Penticton couple shares story of their dementia journey to raise awarenessA Penticton couple is sharing their story about living with dementia to raise awareness of the brain disease that affects 70,000 British Columbians.FeaturesJan 15, 2019
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‘A significant burden’: No replacement for only doctor in B.C. Interior who specializes in child arthritisA charity says 200 families will be impacted by the loss of the only pediatric rheumatologist in the B.C. Interior.HealthJan 14, 2019
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‘It’s devastating’: no replacement for retiring Okanagan Falls doctorOne of only two doctors in the small town of Okanagan Falls is retiring this spring. There is no replacement.Jan 6, 2019
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B.C. health officials issue warning to parents after China recalls vaccinesToddlers who were vaccinated in either Chongqing or the Shandong or Hebei provinces when they were two years old or younge may not be fully immune.HealthJul 29, 2018
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B.C. government approves coverage of expensive drug for student with rare diseaseThe medicine costs approximately $750,000 a year and can improve a patient’s condition who’s living with aHUS.Nov 21, 2017
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