Fraser Health

• Questions surround Fraser Health program about planetary health

  Last year, Fraser Health launched its Planetary Health strategy, which focuses on the effect climate change and other environmental factors have on health.

  Health

  Dec 5
  
• ‘Just appalling’: B.C. woman denied access to her deceased mother’s health records

  Gertrude Sharp, fondly known as Trudy, passed away last June at the age of 101 after spending the last months of her life in long-term care.

  Health

  Sep 19
  
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• ‘Deteriorating conditions’ at Surrey ER ‘unequivocally leading to substandard care’: Doctors

  Doctors say they've made 'repeated and urgent attempts' to alert Fraser Health leadership of worsening conditions in the emergency department, but have received 'little response.'

  Health

  Sep 16
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• Free harm reduction supplies removed from Fraser Health website

  'Emphasis of our government continues to be to support people on getting into treatment and doing our best to keep people alive,' B.C. Premier David Eby said.

  Health

  Aug 23
• Fraser Health to offer free delivery of harm reduction supplies

  Fraser Health's new program to offer home delivery of harm reduction supplies aims to reduce deaths among people who don't use supervised drug consumption sites.

  Health

  Aug 12
• Fraser Health offers free drug testing at FVDED in the Park

  Fraser Health set up a drug testing tent at the FVDED at the Park festival in Surrey to help keep people informed and safe.

  Health

  Jul 6
• 5 B.C. inmates transported to Abbotsford hospital after stabbings at different prisons

  Police could be seen outside the hospital with some officers leading a person into the building in handcuffs.

  Canada

  Jan 5
• B.C.’s first baby of 2024 born in New Westminster

  Taylor Stutsky arrived at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.

  Canada

  Jan 1
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• B.C. Opposition questions film production at Peace Arch Hospital

  B.C.'s Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Addiction, Recovery and Education is not happy that a floor at Peace Arch Hospital was being used to film a movie.

  Health

  Dec 16, 2023
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• Motel housing discharged Surrey hospital patients who need care and a place to stay

  The George Point Inn is hosting patients who no longer require acute care, but do require a room as they continue to heal or wait to be moved into rehabilitation or long-term care.

  Health

  Dec 13, 2023