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Vancouver Coastal Health

Health Worker Spies Celebrities' Records

CP | Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver's health authority is assuring patients their privacy is secure after firing a clerical employee who admitted to sneaking a peek...

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ER Wait Times Go Online

The Vancouver Sun | Pamela Fayerman | Posted 01.12.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Patients needing emergency medical care will soon be able to go online to shop for the shortest waiting times before deciding which Vancouver Coastal ...

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Plane Crash Victim's Hospital Transfer Took Weeks

CBC | Posted 11.09.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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The family of plane crash survivor Vincent Hannay is frustrated hospital transfer delays left him stranded in Kelowna for several weeks. L...

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B.C.'s Long Hot Weekend

CBC | Posted 10.03.2012 | Canada
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Health officers in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are warning people to be careful during a heat wave that has been forecast for the B.C. Day long weekend. ...

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A $30-Million Donation For Vancouver's Homeless.. Given Anonymously

CBC | Posted 08.29.2012 | Canada
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A Vancouver couple has anonymously donated $30 million to help reopen heritage home Taylor Manor as a housing facility for the homeless in the city. ...

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Why Taxpayers Should Subsidize Crack Pipes

Reka Gustafson, MD | Posted 03.06.2012 | Canada
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Reka Gustafson, MD

The goal's of the Vancouver Coastal Health's recently launched pilot project to provide free crack pipes to addicts are getting lost in the ideological debate about harm reduction and the public's opinion of whose health care needs should receive priority funding.

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Shared Crack Pipes In BC Reveal Service Gaps For Addicts

Posted 09.14.2011 | Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- VANCOUVER - Newly released data suggest about two-thirds of crack cocaine smokers in Vancouver and Victoria share crack pipes, a...

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