As part of the Province’s work to make sure British Columbians have access to high-quality primary care, 14 additional internationally trained physicians will begin practising in rural and remote communities throughout the province, including five family doctors on Vancouver Island.

The Province is providing $76,000 for a program that helps multicultural seniors, who are new to Canada, feel more comfortable and confident when they are out in the community.

Thousands of British Columbians living with hepatitis C will have better access to treatment as a result of successful negotiations brokered by the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA).

A new acute care facility at Lions Gate Hospital is one step closer, following the Province’s approval of the concept plan for the facility.

A new MRI machine is coming to Ridge Meadows Hospital to help increase patient access to MRI services, and is expected to be in place in 2018.

A new MRI machine is coming to the Jim Pattison Outpatient and Surgical Centre to help increase patient access to MRI services, and is expected to be in place in 2018.

North Vancouver-area MLAs joined with members of the community to celebrate the launch of Foundry North Shore, a new integrated youth service centre.

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).

The Province has provided $7.125 million to create new hospice beds in communities around British Columbia, make improvements to current spaces, and support best practices in the palliative approach to care as well as advance care planning, working through the BC Centre for Palliative Care.