When Dr. David Eaton retires later this year, 1,400 of the approximately 2,800 people of Wheatley, Ont. will be losing their family doctor, with nobody lined up to take his place….
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It has been nine months since Pourya Eslami completed his doctor of pharmacy program at the University of BC, and already he sees serious gaps in the system. In a…
Health Minister Adrian Dix announced that the province will invest $118 million in interim funding to support family doctors as the province and physicians work on developing a new compensation…
Canadian Blood Services is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. The blood-collection agency issued a statement on Friday saying it…
Hot and dry weather is forecast for many regions of BC and rising temperatures may put vulnerable seniors at risk. Currently, forecasted temperatures are not expected to rise to the…
Good news from Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie: 90 per cent of BC seniors live independently in their own homes and 80 per cent of seniors over 85 don’t have dementia….
As fear over COVID-19 dissipates, Canadians’ focus is turning to the health-care system, and most are not impressed by what they see. New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute…
You might want to be sitting down for this one. On second thought, better not. Spearheaded by Simon Fraser University health sciences professor Scott Lear, a new study in the journal…
As the pandemic continues to delay surgeries, the province has announced a purchase that it expects will increase surgical capacity in Island Health. The health authority is taking over the…
With a doctor shortage crippling Vancouver Island, Victoria has the dubious honour of experiencing the longest walk-in clinic wait times in Canada. That’s according to tech company Medimap, as it…