A new intensive care unit in Nanaimo, B.C., will start taking patients later this month, replacing an aging unit once called one of the worst ICUs in Canada.

Police in Nanaimo are seeking the public's assistance in locating 22-year-old Isabelle Schopf who left hospital against medical advice around 5 p.m. last Friday.

A toxic culture and a failure to manage people are among a long list of reasons why Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) is on a path to "self-destruction," according to a scathing report.