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Friday, April 7, 2017 10:05 AM
Six-year-old Sammy Holmes was presented a ceremonial key to the new Teck Acute Care Centre by Vancouver-False Creek MLA Sam Sullivan, on behalf of Health Minister Terry Lake, commemorating the many milestones achieved by the BC Children’s and BC Women’s Redevelopment Project.
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Friday, April 7, 2017 8:00 AM
Children and families will have more opportunities to get involved with the YMCA, thanks to a total of $11 million in government funding.
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Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:15 AM
North Shore MLAs Jane Thornthwaite, Naomi Yamamoto and Ralph Sultan officially opened the new Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, a dedicated unit for youth with mental-health and substance-use challenges at the Greta and Robert H. N. Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education (HOpe Centre) at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 1:45 PM
The Province announced $2 million to the Michael Cuccione Foundation to support new advances in research at Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research program at BC Children's Hospital.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017 10:15 AM
Health Minister Terry Lake celebrated the substantial completion of the Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre, which will care for people with mental-health or substance-use challenges.
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Friday, March 10, 2017 1:30 PM
One thousand high-risk British Columbians will be screened for chronic kidney disease, thanks to $200,000 in funding to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC & Yukon Branch.
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Thursday, February 9, 2017 1:15 PM
To provide better access to needed health services, Health Minister Terry Lake announced an additional $25 million to increase surgical capacity in the next year. He also announced the provincial government will fund four new MRI machines.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2017 10:10 AM
The Province, in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, announced a $102-million project for 16 new state-of-the-art operating rooms to be built at the Jim Pattison Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH).
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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 10:15 AM
Health Minister Terry Lake announced $5 million of additional funding for the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), as well as $1.9 million in ongoing funding to support the centre’s operations.
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Friday, February 3, 2017 10:00 AM
Health Minister Terry Lake announced $4 million provided to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to strengthen health research in British Columbia.
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