HEALTH-CARE SERVICES ENHANCED ACROSS FRASER HEALTH
Health Services Minister George Abbott and Burnaby-Willingdon MLA John Nuraney were joined by Fraser Health CEO Nigel Murray and staff from Burnaby Hospital on Sept. 29 to announce a multi-pronged strategy to increase capacity and improve services at several hospitals and health-care facilities in British Columbia's fastest-growing health authority. [News release]
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VICTORIA – Effective Nov. 1, changes to health profession colleges will protect British Columbia patients and provide the public with information about health professionals who have been disciplined, Health Services Minister George Abbott said today.
DIGITAL MAMMOGRAMS GIVE ISLAND WOMEN BETTER BREAST CARE
VICTORIA – Women across Vancouver Island now have access to faster, more accurate breast cancer diagnosis with the introduction of digital mammography across Vancouver Island Health Authority.
BC SUPPORTS CLINICAL TRIALS FOR BLOOD DISEASE PATIENTS
VICTORIA – An innovative program that gives patients access to new, breakthrough treatments that would otherwise be unavailable for blood diseases such as leukemia and multiple myeloma, is being boosted with $2 million from the Province, announced Health Services Minister George Abbott.
PATIENT SAFETY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
VICTORIA – Since 2001, the Province has introduced new programs and expanded existing programs to improve patient safety and reduce medication-related incidents, including:
HEALTH-CARE SERVICES ENHANCED ACROSS FRASER HEALTH
BURNABY – Patients in the province’s fastest-growing health authority will benefit from a number of strategies to increase capacity and improve services at several hospitals and health-care facilities, representatives from the provincial government and Fraser Health announced.
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