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VCH reminds residents to plan ahead before visiting COVID-19 test collection sites

Vancouver, BC – Since Nov. 16, all residents in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region are offered two options for COVID-19 test collection: either saline gargle or nasopharyngeal swab when they visit certain COVID-19 test collection sites. However, test collectors are reporting some recipients arrive unprepared for the saline gargle test collection, excluding this as a viable testing option.

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COVID-19 update for Whistler

Vancouver, BC- Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) encourages all Whistler residents and potential visitors to maintain their efforts to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 as there is an increase in the number of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19.

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B.C. launches interdisciplinary COVID-19 Care Network with three dedicated clinics

Vancouver, B.C. – British Columbians who are recovering from COVID-19 now have access to three post-COVID-19 recovery clinics at St. Paul's Hospital (SPH), Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), and the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey.

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Vancouver Coastal Health cardiologist takes multifaceted approach to uncovering spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Vancouver, B.C. – Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is every bit as surprising as it sounds. A deadly heart condition which affects young, otherwise healthy women, recent research shows that SCAD accounts for 25 per cent of heart attacks in women under the age of 50. Despite its prevalence, SCAD is poorly understood and relatively unknown. Dr. Jacqueline Saw, an interventional cardiologist at Vancouver Coastal Health's Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and Canada's leading expert on SCAD, is aiming to change that through research and through knowledge translation at the Vancouver SCAD Conference on January 30, 2021.

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Urgent and primary care centre opening soon

Vancouver, B.C. – People living in northeast Vancouver will soon have better access to team-based everyday health care with the opening of a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) on Feb. 16, 2021, located at 102-2788 East Hastings St.

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VCH reports on COVID-19 transmission in schools across its region

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) today released data which indicates a low rate of COVID-19 transmission in schools across its region in the first half of the school year. Since schools reopened in September, VCH has not recorded a significant increase in COVID-19 cases among school-aged children relative to other groups. Those aged 5-17 years of age accounted for 6 per cent of VCH’s COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, despite representing 10 per cent of VCH’s population. Evidence shows children are less likely to get infected with COVID-19, and less likely to experience severe symptoms if infected.

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