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B.C.'s top doctor ends COVID-19 public health emergency

WEBB.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. …

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Hospital makes a promise to Indigenous communities

WEB00:05:30. The 50-year milestone at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital was marked by barbecue, cake and a promise to the Indigenous communities that it serves. …

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Your Good Health: Breaking down causes, symptoms of …

WEBThe most common physical symptoms of long COVID are fatigue, shortness of breath and muscle aches. In one study of people who survived the initial wave of …

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Don’t call hospitals during tech outage: Island Health

WEBIsland Health asked the public not to call hospitals Friday as it dealt with issues stemming from a global technology outage that grounded flights, disrupted …

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B.C.'s top doctor ends four-year COVID-19 public health …

WEBB.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Vancouver, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. …

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Around-the-clock care, zero waitlist and same-day …

WEBPerpetual Health Centre, a healthcare facility in Victoria, is expanding its family practice services by adding mental health and addiction services

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Saanich Peninsula Hospital ER to get a physician assistant

WEBIsland Health is looking for a physician ­assistant — one of the first in the province — to work in Saanich Peninsula Hospital’s emergency department, which has …

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Physician group fighting for health, planet marks 30 years …

WEBIt does so by “mobilizing the credible voice of health professionals, health science, and evidence;” over the past 30 years, CAPE has “engaged over 25,000­ …

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Can political leadership restore Canada’s health system

WEBAmbitious political leadership is needed to restore Canada’s health system, besmirched by crowded emergency rooms, hallway medicine, long wait times, lack of …

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Campbell River detox facility to open in the fall, Island …

WEBIsland Health says it has secured a location for a six-bed detox facility near North Island Hospital’s Campbell River location that it plans to open in the fall. The clinic …

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Mental health clinics across the US are helping Latinos bridge …

WEBDr. Fernando Taveras, a psychiatrist and Hispanic mental healthcare expert with SOMOS Community Care Clinic, stands for a portrait in New York on Wednesday, …

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Comment: Bill gives government sweeping power over your health …

WEBJennifer Lush Jan 12, 2023 12:00 AM. Bill 36, passed by the B.C. government in November, gives the province unilateral power over doctors and your private health-care …

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The Doctor Game: Groundbreaking discovery by optometrist …

WEBWhat a sad day for me, and for the world. Dr. Sydney Bush has died. During my 43 years of writing this column, I have never devoted a memoriam to a colleague. …

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Nanaimo to get second urgent-and-primary-care centre

WEBA second urgent-and-primary-care centre is coming to Nanaimo next year to provide care for those with sprains, fevers, infections and other ailments that need quick …

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Writer documents adventures with health-care system

WEBThe writer and filmmaker, who teaches writing at the ­University of Victoria, had landed in hospital last fall after numerous failed attempts to access care for a sore …

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Island Health reopens an OR at each of Victoria's two main hospitals

WEB00:03:51. Victoria’s two main hospitals have each reopened one operating room after a staffing shortage forced an extraordinary closure in September. Island …

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Appearance of seborrheic keratoses calls for a CT scan

WEBDear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old woman who has led a healthy, active life.There is a history of cancer on both sides of my family. I’ve been seeing my …

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Shelbourne medical clinic to close due to doctor shortage

WEBShelbourne Medical Clinic, located beside Hillside shopping centre in Victoria, will permanently close on March 31, 2024. Dr. Lorne Verhulst, 69, is retiring …

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Man with high cholesterol might need a higher dosage of meds

WEBDear Dr. Roach: I am a 69-year-old male who is being treated for high blood pressure and high cholesterol; both are well-controlled. My recent cholesterol level was …

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Island Health memo says not to stop drug use in hospitals

WEB00:05:44. An Island Health memo last month to acute-care hospital staff instructs nurses not to stop open use of illicit drugs in hospital rooms and to even teach …

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