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Complex-care housing coming to Powell River

POWELL RIVER – People in Powell River with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges who are at risk of experiencing homelessness will soon benefit from 20 new complex-care housing spaces.

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Complex-care housing coming to Bella Coola

BELLA COOLA – Indigenous community members in Bella Coola with complex mental-health and substance-use challenges who are at risk of experiencing homelessness will soon benefit from 12 new complex-care housing spaces.

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Investing in stronger surgical care

People needing surgery at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) will have increased access to care as the provincial government has approved the business plan for the second phase of expansion, adding 13 new operating rooms (ORs) and 39 new perioperative patient bays at the facility.

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Vancouver Coastal Health launches pilot program to improve healthcare journey of lung cancer patients

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has launched Lung Evaluation and Assessment Program (LEAP) to improve the healthcare journeys of people diagnosed with lung cancer. LEAP, which will initially run as a two-year pilot at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), will employ a nurse navigator - a clinician with cancer care expertise - to support patients, families and caregivers through the treatment process.

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New High Acuity Unit now open at Lions Gate Hospital

North Vancouver, B.C. – North Shore residents will receive enhanced levels of care as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) opens the doors to the new High Acuity Unit (HAU) at Lions Gate Hospital (LGH). The HAU is located next to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), bringing all of the hospital’s inpatient critical care services together on one floor where patients can be cared for by specialized teams of staff and medical staff.

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New urgent and primary care centre opens in Richmond

RICHMOND – More people in Richmond will have better access to team-based health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opening on April 25, 2022, at its permanent location at #110 - 4671 No. 3 Road.

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