Fraser Health

• New pediatrician recruited to Peace Arch Hospital to ease maternity ward woes

  The new doctor is expected to start work in the fall, supporting the "stabilization of pediatric and maternity services" at the White Rock hospital.

  Health

  Aug 31
  
• COVID-19: Hospital admissions, case count continue downward spiral in B.C.

  Between June 5 and 11, a total of 189 people were hospitalized in the province with a positive test result, down from 246 the previous week.

  Health

  Jun 16
  
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• ‘Lies’: Parents of B.C. boy who died say medical records and care report don’t match

  The question that will always haunt his parents is: did the rupture happen the day they first rushed Jaxon to the emergency room?

  Health

  Jun 10
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• Patient’s information can be released with their consent: B.C. commissioner

  The answers come days after the Fraser Health Authority declined to comment on the death of 8-year-old Jaxon Glubis, citing patient confidentiality concerns.

  Health

  Jun 1
• Patients at Burnaby, B.C. skincare business urged to get checked for STIs ‘immediately’

  Fraser Health is advising anyone who received "high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) vaginal tightening services" to seek screening for sexually transmitted infections.

  Crime

  Mar 17
• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to stay open in last-minute reversal

  Last week, the health authority said it would be indefinitely diverting expecting parents-to-be to Langley Memorial Hospital, effective Jan. 28, due to an "unexpected leave."

  Health

  Jan 20
• Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward to shutter indefinitely due to pediatrician shortage

  Effective Jan. 28, Fraser Health is asking people who had planned to give birth in the hospital to divert to Langley Memorial Hospital for their deliveries. 

  Health

  Jan 14
• Tears and hope: Staff at Surrey, B.C. shelter reflect on pandemic’s challenges, successes

  'We were doing the best we could but sometimes it hits you that the best you're doing isn't enough but in the end I think we managed to do some good work.'

  News

  Oct 28, 2021
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• Court injunction could force Hope, B.C. restaurant defying COVID-19 health orders to close

  The District of Hope says bylaw officers have served a business licence suspension to Rolly’s Restaurant for failing to comply with BC Vaccine Card regulations.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2021
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• Kelowna COVID-19 cases drop by nearly 25% in latest BCCDC map, rest of the Okanagan follows

  The Central Okanagan was averaging 51 COVID-19 cases a day that week, which is a reduction of 25 per cent.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2021