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Centennial Pavilion at VGH renamed in honour of Leon Judah Blackmore

Vancouver, BC – Leon Judah Blackmore was a successful real estate developer who built thousands of housing units in Metro Vancouver. He also built a Foundation that today is bestowing a special gift, which will benefit patients in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region and beyond.

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Women-only overdose prevention site opens in the Downtown Eastside

Vancouver, BC – B.C.'s first overdose prevention site for women only is opening in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside through a partnership of Atira Women's Resource Society, the City of Vancouver, BC Women's Hospital + Health Centre, and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH).

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Drug checking at Insite shows potential for preventing fentanyl-related overdoses

Vancouver, BC – The results of a pilot project at Insite have found that when clients know their drugs contain fentanyl, the drug partly responsible for the overdose crisis, they're more likely to reduce their dose and less likely to have an overdose. 

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Partners make progress on planning for acute-care tower project at Richmond Hospital

RICHMOND - The provincial government is supporting planning for a new patient-care tower at Richmond Hospital and the ministry expects work on the business plan could begin in fall 2017.

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Jack and Leone Carlile Centre grand opening

VANCOUVER – North Shore MLAs Jane Thornthwaite, Naomi Yamamoto and Ralph Sultan today officially opened the new Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, a dedicated unit for youth with mental-health and substance-use challenges at the Greta and Robert H. N. Ho Centre for Psychiatry and Education (HOpe Centre) at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.

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Construction wraps up at Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre

VANCOUVER - Health Minister Terry Lake today celebrated the substantial completion of the Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre, which will care for people with mental-health or substance-use challenges.

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