BC Ministry Of Health

• Dr. Bonnie Henry urges patience as delegates vote on drug crisis resolutions this week

  Henry says decriminalization is meant to remove the label from drug users to promote safer use and to save lives.

  Health

  Sep 18
  
• ‘At a tipping point’: Oliver mayor speaks out following multiple ER closures

  The emergency room at the South Okanagan General Hospital in Oliver was closed again from 6 p.m. Wednesday Sept.13 to 8 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 14.

  Health

  Sep 13
  
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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.

  Health

  Sep 9
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• 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.

  Health

  Sep 2
• Lack of B.C. transplant surgeons means donated kidneys are sent elsewhere, say doctors

  Only four surgeons do all British Columbia's kidney transplants at two Vancouver hospitals. Kidneys that can't be used are getting shipped to other provinces.

  Health

  Jul 4
• 31 British Columbians give recommendations for primary health care changes

  The initiative is put on by OurCare, a Canadian project that is working to gather input from the public in regard to public primary health care services.

  Health

  Jun 25
• B.C. health minister promises expansion to Surrey Memorial Hospital

  Adrian Dix said the health authority will be turning to local clinics and home care to help free up hospital beds and unclog the Surrey Memorial emergency room.

  Health

  Jun 7
• B.C. woman on a mission to ensure air conditioning to vulnerable seniors

  When Willy Marten put up a Facebook post asking for volunteers to help donate or deliver units, one of her neighbours didn't hesitate.

  Weather

  May 28
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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.

  Health

  Mar 24
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• AIDS Vancouver launches campaign to have injectable HIV treatment covered in B.C.

  AIDS Vancouver has launched a campaign – asking the B.C. government to approve an alternative.

  Health

  Mar 19