BC Ministry Of Health

• Thousands of B.C. patients to be connected to family doctors with new online tools

  Dix said through this new combined registry, he expects between 300,000 and 400,000 British Columbians will be connected with a family doctor.

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  Apr 11
  
• ‘Hidden in their bags’: B.C. nurse speaks out about drug use in hospital 

  Chelsea Robertson is the latest to ring the alarm about open drug use and the challenges nurses and health-care workers are facing at hospitals.

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  Apr 11
  
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• 4,000 B.C. family doctors registered with provincial payment model to improve access

  B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said about 80 per cent of family doctors registered with the new payment model in its first year.

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  Feb 9
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• Interior Health awaiting final details of mask mandate

  Mandatory masks were recently reintroduced into BC health facilities, however Interior Health says they are still waiting for some clarification on where the masks must be worn.

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  Oct 6, 2023
• 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.

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  Sep 18, 2023
• ‘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.

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  Sep 13, 2023
• ‘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.

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  Sep 9, 2023
• 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.

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  Sep 2, 2023
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• 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.

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  Jul 4, 2023
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• 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.

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  Jun 25, 2023