REPORT SHOWS PATIENT CARE REVIEW PROCESS WORKING WELL

VICTORIA – Thousands of patients across British Columbia are accessing the standardized care quality complaints process launched in 2008, announced Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon, following the release of the Patient Care Quality Review Boards’ first annual report.

CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDS HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES

VICTORIA – The Province is supporting improvements to local cycling infrastructure by making $500,000 in funding available to B.C. communities through the BikeBC Cycling Infrastructure Partnerships Program.

BRITISH COLUMBIANS LIVING LONGER, HEALTHIER

VICTORIA – The 2008 Vital Statistics Annual Report confirms that British Columbians are living longer and staying healthier than ever before, announced Minister of Health Services Kevin Falcon and Minister of Healthy Living and Sport Ida Chong.

CONSTRUCTION STARTS AT CANCER CENTRE FOR THE NORTH

PRINCE GEORGE – Premier Gordon Campbell and Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon, together with health and local government representatives, celebrated the start of construction on the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North.

SOUTHERN INTERIOR TO GET HELICOPTER AMBULANCE PILOT

KAMLOOPS – Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon launched an eight-week pilot project for a dedicated helicopter air ambulance that will transport critically ill or injured patients in the southern Interior.