Emergency

News

Updates regarding Vancouver Coastal Health people, programs, services and initiatives.

Search
Sort:
Showing 563 Article(s)

Measuring attitudes about mental illness

Vancouver, BC – Can a documentary shape attitudes about mental illness? A Vancouver researcher is trying to find out.

Information bulletin
➞

It's the start of the flu season, get your shot

Vancouver, BC – A new flu season is upon us, and Vancouver Coastal Health is reminding people vaccines continue to be the best way for people to protect themselves and their loved ones.

Information bulletin
➞

Drug checking expands in Vancouver

Vancouver, BC – People who use drugs now have additional tools to check them for toxicity. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has partnered with PHS Community Services Society and Lookout Housing and Health Society to buy two more drug-checking machines. Drug checking is an emerging harm reduction strategy that may help prevent overdose deaths.

Information bulletin
➞

Province approves next step towards a new LGH acute care facility

​A new acute care facility for Lions Gate Hospital is moving forward with provincial government approval of the business plan, which includes a six-storey tower with 108 single-patient rooms and expanded surgical services.​

Story Redevelopment projects
➞

North Shore to benefit from new Lions Gate Hospital acute care tower

NORTH VANCOUVER – A new acute care facility for Lions Gate Hospital is moving forward, as government has approved the business plan and laid out project details that benefit patient comfort and security.

Information bulletin
➞

Measles alert for several Vancouver locations

Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone who went to the Skookum Festival, visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the Outdoor Community Block Party, or used public transit in Vancouver at specific times, about a possible measles exposure. 

Information bulletin
➞