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Outpatient lab in Sidney, B.C. closes temporarily due to staffing shortages | Globalnews.ca
Island Health has temporarily shuttered an outpatient lab in Sidney, B.C. in order to ensure “reliable, consistent” acute and outpatient…
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Wait time at B.C. Children’s Hospital emergency department exceeds nine hours over weekend | Globalnews.ca
As hundreds of thousands of British Columbians struggle to find a family doctor, wait times at emergency departments in two…
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Ukrainian refugee in B.C. paid $400 for medical exam before province announced medical coverage | Globalnews.ca
A Ukrainian refugee in Metro Vancouver is speaking up after paying about $400 for a mandatory medical exam linked to…
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Front-line workers struggle to access affordable parking at Maple Ridge, B.C. hospital – BC | Globalnews.ca
It’s been more than a month since pay parking returned to B.C. hospitals, and some health-care staff in Maple Ridge…
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‘We’ll work with the numbers’: Mixed reaction from Indigenous advocates to B.C. budget | Globalnews.ca
British Columbia’s new budget promises “meaningful reconciliation” is embedded in provincial decision-making, but the document tabled Tuesday is receiving mixed…
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B.C. government funds new drug for people with spinal muscular atrophy | Globalnews.ca
The B.C. government has announced it will begin covering the cost of an expensive drug used to treat spinal muscular…
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‘Extreme’: B.C. paramedics’ union on shift with only 1 staffed ambulance in Vancouver – BC | Globalnews.ca
The union representing paramedics in B.C. is speaking out about resource shortages after one crew discovered it had the only…
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‘Another layer of stress’: Expecting mom on Peace Arch Hospital maternity ward closure – BC | Globalnews.ca
An expecting mother in B.C. said she’s disappointed and anxious after learning the hospital where she planned to give birth…
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‘We’ve exhausted ourselves’: Victoria walk-in clinic shutters as family doctors move on – BC | Globalnews.ca
A walk-in medical clinic in Victoria has closed its doors after two of its physicians decided to stop practicing longitudinal…
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As Omicron spreads, twice as many B.C. health-care staff sick last week as in 2021 | Globalnews.ca
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads rapidly throughout the province, nearly twice as many health-care workers called in sick…
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