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8-1-1 SERVICE MAKES ACCESSING HEALTH ADVICE EASIER

November 21, 2008
Healthy Living and Sport Minister Mary Polak, Health Services Minister George Abbott and Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee receive a demonstration of the new 8-1-1 HealthLink BC service, which was launched in Burnaby on November 21, 2008.

Healthy Living and Sport Minister Mary Polak, Health Services Minister George Abbott and Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee receive a demonstration of the new 8-1-1 HealthLink BC service, which was launched in Burnaby on November 21, 2008.

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November 2008 Photos
2008-11-24 - Minister Polak (centre), Jack Boomer, Director of QuitNow Services (left) and Keith Murray, volunteer director and president of the BC Lung Association, celebrate the launch of the QuitNow and WIN contest on November 24, 2008.
2008-11-24 - Minister Polak addresses media and guests at the launch of the BC Lung Association's QuitNow and WIN contest at the Empress Hotel in Victoria on November 24, 2008.
2008-11-21 - Healthy Living and Sport Minister Mary Polak, Health Services Minister George Abbott and Burnaby North MLA Richard Lee receive a demonstration of the new 8-1-1 HealthLink BC service, which was launched in Burnaby on November 21, 2008.
2008-11-21 - Minister Polak is joined by Minister Abbott, Burnaby-Willingdon MLA John Nuraney, Burnaby-North MLA Richard Lee and 8-1-1 staff during the launch of the HealthLink BC service.
2008-11-04 - From Left: Jennifer Hill, Patient Validator; Pam O'Sullivan, BC Women's Vice President Acute Perinatal Services; Mary Polak, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport; Frances Jones, BC Women's Lactation Consultant; Marianne Brophy, Co-Chair Breastfeeding For Canada; and BC Women's President Liz Whynot.
2008-11-03 - Mary Polak, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, receives a flu shot at the launch of the annual influenza campaign on November 3, 2008 at the B.C. Legislature. Influenza, often called the flu, is an infection of the nose, throat and lungs caused by an influenza virus. A person with influenza is also at risk of other infections, such as viral or bacterial pneumonia, an infection of the lungs. In Canada, it is estimated up to 7,000 people die from influenza and its complications every year.