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VICTORIA – For the third year in a row, the Vancouver Island Health Authority has been selected as one of BC’s Top Employers for 2012.
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VICTORIA – Heart disease is the number one killer of women in Canada, taking more lives than all cancers combined. While expert resources exist to discuss risk factors, signs, symptoms and the effects of lifestyle choices, there were no local support groups for women living with heart disease, until now.
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GREATER VICTORIA – Last year, more than 5,000 Greater Victoria school children took part in Eat Well Get Moving!, a fun program that encourages healthy eating and physical fitness. This year many schools have already signed up for their “Crunch and Go Cards” so students can get busy tracking their healthy snacks and activities that will form healthy habits to last a lifetime.
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OCEANSIDE – Better health outcomes and improved quality of life for people living with chronic diseases are the goals of a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking community-based organizations to provide health-related services such as fitness and exercise programs, healthy cooking programs and counseling to support the care provided to patients through VIHA’s Oceanside Integrated Health Network.
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DUNCAN – Cowichan Valley residents living with chronic kidney failure have improved access to hemodialysis now that a $1-million project to relocate and expand the outpatient Community Dialysis Facility is complete.
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OCEANSIDE – Improved access to primary care and urgent health care services are one step closer to reality for residents of Oceanside as the new Oceanside Health Centre receives final approval to proceed to construction. read more > |
NANAIMO — Due to significant patient volumes at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital related to seasonal illnesses, a 4-bed adult medical overflow room located on the pediatrics unit has been temporarily re-opened. read more > |
Patients in Campbell River, the Comox Valley, Port Alberni and Duncan are one step closer to accessing Mobile Resonance Imaging (MRI) services closer to where they live as the Vancouver Island Health Authority moves forward with its plan to establish mobile MRI services in the four communities.
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JOINT STATEMENT BY THE VANCOUVER ISLAND HEALTH AUTHORITY AND DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY:
Agreement Reached for Dedicated Obstetrical Anesthesiology Service at VGH
VICTORIA – Mothers giving birth at Victoria General Hospital (VGH) will benefit from enhanced anesthesiology and pain services. read more > |
VICTORIA – The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) has signed a new contract with Crothall Services Canada, a division of Compass Group Canada, for housekeeping services at Victoria General, Nanaimo and Cowichan District Hospitals and at Cairnsmore Place and Dufferin Place residential care facilities.
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