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Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:15 PM
Improved access to long-term care homes for seniors in South Vancouver is on the way as plans are moving forward for the new Dogwood Lodge.
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Thursday, September 5, 2019 1:45 PM
British Columbia continues to lead the way across Canada by expanding its biosimilars program to include another patient group, while using cost savings to introduce new improvements in patient care.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 3:00 PM
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has directed a review of an emergency medical response for a patient who died in the Lower Mainland in November 2018.
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Sunday, May 5, 2019 1:15 PM
People living in British Columbia with dementia and their caregivers will have continued access to First Link as government again recognizes the importance of the program with $2.7 million in funding to continue the initiative.
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Saturday, May 4, 2019 11:15 AM
The BC Association of Farmers’ Markets has expanded the BC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon program to help more lower income households access fresh, locally-grown, healthy food, thanks to support from the Province.
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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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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, 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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