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Wednesday, March 13, 2019 2:15 PM
Seniors in the Vancouver Coastal Health region are benefiting from an investment of over $9.1 million in 2018-19 to increase staffing levels and ensure that seniors get the care they need in residential care homes.
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Thursday, March 7, 2019 1:15 PM
Thousands of people at the highest risk of acquiring HIV in B.C. are benefiting after a successful year since government expanded coverage for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
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Friday, February 15, 2019 10:15 AM
Improved access to life-saving health care is on the way to downtown Vancouver with the approval of the business plan for a new St. Paul’s Hospital.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2019 9:45 AM
Beginning April 1, 2019, people with Parkinson’s disease whose symptoms can no longer be controlled with medication will have improved access to deep brain stimulation (DBS).
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Friday, February 1, 2019 11:04 AM
From Richmond to Pemberton, five communities in the Lower Mainland are receiving age-friendly grants to support seniors so they can live active, socially engaged and independent lives.
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Friday, January 25, 2019 10:15 AM
Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial heath officer (PHO), has released the report, Taking the Pulse of the Population: An Update on the Health of British Columbians.
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Friday, January 4, 2019 10:15 AM
For 240,000 British Columbian families, the new year brings the help they need with prescription drugs, thanks to a three-year $105-million investment that is reducing or eliminating deductibles and co-payments for lower-income households.
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Sunday, November 25, 2018 11:45 AM
Residents in Vancouver’s downtown and West End now have improved access to team-based urgent primary care with the opening of the City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre.
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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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