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Friday, November 16, 2018 9:45 AM
Transgender people in British Columbia will soon have access to publicly funded gender-affirming lower surgeries within the province, as British Columbia becomes the first province in western Canada to offer these procedures next year.
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Monday, October 8, 2018 11:15 AM
Former residents of Woodlands who attended the school have started to receive compensation for systemic abuse suffered at the provincial institution.
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Friday, August 10, 2018 3:15 PM
People living and working in residential-care homes throughout B.C. will benefit from $2.6 million in provincial funding, which has been allocated to purchase new equipment that will help improve safety and quality of life of residents.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018 9:45 AM
People throughout B.C. are benefiting from expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), as strong uptake for the publicly funded drug continues to grow.
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Monday, June 18, 2018 11:45 AM
The Ministry of Health is investing $75 million to expand respite care and adult day programs, helping both seniors and their loved ones, announced Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.
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Sunday, May 27, 2018 1:15 PM
Resident medical graduates and graduating nurse practitioners will be offered positions in the new primary care networks, announced Adrian Dix, Minister of Health.
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Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:15 AM
The B.C. government is launching a new primary health-care strategy to deliver faster and improved access to health care for British Columbians in all parts of the province, Premier John Horgan has announced.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:15 AM
Minister of Health Adrian Dix has announced that the Province is creating 200 new nurse practitioner (NP) positions to support patients as part of a shift to a team-based primary health-care system.
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Saturday, May 5, 2018 11:15 AM
To help more lower income British Columbians and expectant mothers gain access to healthy, locally grown food, government is expanding the BC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program, Health Minster Adrian Dix and Agriculture Minister Lana Popham announced.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018 10:15 AM
In addition to increasing access to surgeries and MRIs, the Government of British Columbia is bringing into force outstanding sections of the Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2003, to further support patients and strengthen B.C.’s public health-care system, Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, announced today.
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