Ministry continues Liberals’ privatization of health care
George Le Masurier photo By Barbara Biley work for Island Health as a medical transcriptionist at the Comox Valley Hospital.On Jan. 30, all the VIHA medical transcriptionists, in Victoria, Nanaimo, Courtenay and...
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Comox Valley seniors group says new beds fall short
Senior Voices Comox Valley says BC Health Minister’s announcement falls short of addressing the community’s urgent need for long-term care beds; beds should have gone to Glacier View Lodge
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Providence, Golden Life get new Comox Valley long-term beds
Golden Life Management Corporation and Providence Residential Care Community society will share the Comox Valley’s 151 long-awaited additional residential care beds.
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Bishop gifts St. Joe’s Comox site to Providence Health Care
Providence Health Care has acquired The Views at St. Joe’s and formed a new independent entity devoted solely to seniors care. It accelerates movement toward St. Joe’s vision of a dementia village
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MAiD: A passing … but not gently into that good night
Lorraine Hudelson wasn’t choosing to die … She was dying anyway. What she chose was when, where and how to die.
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No word yet on the promised new long-term care beds
Photo by George Le Masurier BY GEORGE LE MASURIER s a strike by care workers at two Comox Valley assisted living facilities enters its sixth day, many people are wondering what happened to the 151 additional long-term care beds promised by Island...
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Despite Island Health’s efforts, overcapacity still plagues hospitals, stresses staff
The one-year-old Comox Valley and Campbell River hospitals have been plagued with problems caused by overcapacity; too many patients for the size of the hospitals. Island Health’s efforts haven’t yet solved the problem.
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Vaccine available for the virus headed our way
Vancouver Island health care professionals say a serious virus will hit the Comox Valley in a few weeks that will threaten the lives of those most vulnerable. Fortunately, they have a vaccine.
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