Comox Valley Hospital: read the series about flawed planning, low morale
Shirley and Paul Brown share how the CRH pathologist shortage impacted their lives
Shirley and Dr. Paul Brown share their story about how the shortage of pathologist services at Campbell River Hospital delayed a cancer diagnosis, causing unnecessary anxiety and altering the medical treatment plan
Last two CVH pathologists resign angry and exasperated by Island Health tactics
Dr. Chris Bellamy practiced general pathology at Comox Valley hospitals for 31 years until he felt forced to resign by Island Health’s pressure to eliminate onsite clinical pathologist services on north Vancouver Island
Comox Valley Hospital loses another medical service: how the candidates respond
Courtenay-Comox riding candidates share how they would address the reduction of an on-site medical service at the Comox Valley Hospital
$52.6 million Dementia Village planned on former St. Joseph’s General Hospital site
A 156-bed Dementia Village for the Comox Valley took another step forward May 25 as Island Health announced a project development agreement with Providence Living for the project.
Town Hall to explain how VIHA’s cuts have hurt North Island patient care
North Island medical professionals will explain how VIHA’s removal of onsite clinical pathologists’ services in Campbell River — and eventually the Comox Valley? — has affected patient care
The Week: VIHA and province disrespect our hospital board, medical staff and the public
As the Vancouver Island Health Authority reduces health care services to north islanders and deflects accountability, the public looks to the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District board for advocacy
North Island hospital board hesitates to take advocacy role, despite rights and precedent
Should the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District board advocate for maintaining or upgrading health care services on the North Island? Some directors aren’t sure. But Discovery Islands Director Jim Abram says it’s a no-brainer
Petition put to BC Legislature: restore North Island pathology
North Island MLA Claire Trevena presented a petition signed by over 2,500 people to the BC Legislature Nov. 20 that calls for the return of onsite clinical pathologists’ services to the Campbell River Hospital and to investigate possible conflicts of interest within Island Health
Hospital district board debates advocacy role, doesn’t back off on retaining NI pathology
Should the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District advocate for health care services on behalf of its constituents? Or is the district’s role limited to funding 40 percent of selected capital projects?
As VIHA moves toward medical centralization, North Island worries about risks to public
Island Health’s plan to centralize clinical pathologist services in Victoria has angered some members of the Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital Board, destabilized the lab workforce and worries North Island doctors who depend on getting quick results for their patients
VIHA’S pathology plan: What’s at stake for patient care, lab technologists and assistants
Imagine your child on the North Island is deathly sick and needs a diagnosis urgently. Would you rather there was a general pathologist onsite at your hospital to make that diagnosis, or would you wait a day a few days for it to come from Victoria?
Patients, lab staff suffer from reduced pathology services at North Island hospitals
If Island Health executives get their way, the new Comox Valley Hospital could lose all of its onsite clinical pathologist services sometime next year, a move that area doctors and elected officials believe will further diminish patient care on the North Island. It’s already happened in Campbell River and wait times for results are getting longer