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Fraser Health Authority

A Public Vote Shouldn't Decide Drug Users' Access to Health Care

Scott E. Bernstein | Posted 05.23.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Scott E. Bernstein

Imagine if your city government decided to take a public vote to determine whether you and your family members should have access to health care. Based on what the public decides about your mother and her illness, and not what her doctors think, your city government says it will pass a bylaw that prevents her and others in her situation from receiving that treatment in their home community. Preposterous and unreasonable? Absolutely.

The Flu Shot Didn't Really Work On..

CBC | Posted 04.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia

The Fraser Health Authority is working to improve the flu shot’s effectiveness for seniors with a targeted vaccine program. According to...

Expect Long ER Waits

CBC | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada British Columbia

Health officials are asking people to be patient if they find themselves at an emergency room this holiday season. Dr. Anne Clarke, the p...

A Bad Place To Be Sick

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia

BURNABY, B.C. - Burnaby Hospital is so aged and underfunded that the annual Christmas tree can't be plugged in because it could overload the electrica...

Doctors Were Wrong About Bacteria Deaths: B.C.

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.01.2012 | Canada

BURNABY, B.C. - A British Columbia health authority has acknowledged the rate of C. difficile infection at a suburban Vancouver hospital is triple the...

Overfilled B.C. Hospital Storing Patients In Lobby

CBC | Posted 03.04.2012 | Canada

Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., has suddenly become so overcrowded that it has set up beds in the building’s lobby a...