PROVINCE WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES
On June 24, Health Services Minister George Abbott congratulated 12 international medical graduates at UBC who will now begin practising family medicine throughout the province. The International Medical Graduate program is funded by the Province to enable medical doctors who have trained in medical schools outside of Canada and the United States to obtain residency positions that lead to being licensed to practice in British Columbia.
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EXPANDED SCREENING TO IMPROVE HEALTH OF B.C. BABIES
VANCOUVER – Newborn babies in British Columbia will now be screened for more than three times as many disorders at birth that can be treated to avoid lifelong health issues, Premier Gordon Campbell announced.
B.C. FUNDS INTERNATIONAL NURSE ASSESSMENT SERVICE
VICTORIA – Kwantlen University College, soon to become Kwantlen Polytechnic University, has been selected as the delivery site for a new provincial internationally educated nurse assessment service that will help ease the entry of internationally educated registered nurses into the B.C. workforce, Health Services Minister George Abbott announced.
HEALTH NETWORKS BENEFIT FOUR ISLAND COMMUNITIES
VICTORIA – Three new integrated health networks will provide physicians, caregivers and patients in Sooke, Port Alberni and Oceanside (Parksville/Qualicum) with improved access to services.
HEALTH NETWORKS BENEFIT THREE ISLAND COMMUNITIES
VICTORIA – Three new integrated health networks will provide physicians, caregivers and patients in Victoria, Campbell River and Nanaimo with improved access to services for thousands of people living with chronic diseases.
NEW SENIORS' FACILITY SETS 4,500-BED MILESTONE FOR B.C.
SURREY – The official opening of Laurel Place residential care facility to provide seniors in the Surrey area with around-the-clock care marked 4,500 net-new beds and units open across the province, announced Health Minister George Abbott.
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