Breadcrumb Home About us Media centre News Updates regarding Vancouver Coastal Health people, programs, services and initiatives. Keywords Authored on 20242023202220212020Select a year2025 Category - Any -2SLGBTQIA+Awards and recognitionCommunity engagementCommunity eventsEmergency careEquity, diversity and inclusionHome and community careHospital careIndigenous HealthInnovation and researchMental health and substance usePublic HealthRedevelopment projectsRehabilitationSurgerySustainabilityVCH staffWellness Type - Any -StoryPress releaseInformation bulletinBC Gov. NewsNews releasePublic service announcement Apply Search Sort: Sort Old-NewNew-OldA-ZZ-A Showing 563 Article(s) September 1 2016 A new era in mental health takes shape at the Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre Vancouver, BC – A rooftop garden deck with a stunning view of downtown Vancouver and the North Shore mountains, floor to ceiling windows and private washrooms. Price tag: $82 million. These are only a few of the features of the state-of the-art mental health and addictions centre which is rapidly taking shape on the Vancouver General Hospital site. The Joseph & Rosalie Segal Family Health Centre is right on schedule to open in late summer 2017. Information bulletin ➞ August 31 2016 86% of drugs checked at Insite contain fentanyl Vancouver, BC – Drug checking, offered at Insite for the first time as a pilot, has found that 86 per cent of drugs were positive for fentanyl, the dangerous drug responsible for hundreds of fatal overdoses. Information bulletin ➞ August 29 2016 Paralympic medalists inspire people with newly acquired disabilities to “Have a Go” at wheelchair sports Vancouver, BC – When Trevor Hirschfield was 16 years old he never imagined himself a Paralympian. His road to Rio started on a logging road on Vancouver Island, when his van slid down an embankment into a tree. Information bulletin ➞ August 19 2016 Insite expands hours in response to overdose crisis Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is launching a pilot project that will see Insite, North America’s first sanctioned supervised injection site, open 24 hours a day on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday on the weeks that social assistance cheques are distributed. Information bulletin ➞ August 9 2016 New at-home detox for substance use clients in Vancouver Vancouver, BC – People at high risk of overdose are dying in their own homes, but a new program aims to prevent that. Vancouver Coastal Health’s Substance use Treatment and Response Team or START provides rapid access to at-home detox for those who need help stopping or stabilizing their substance use. The goal of the START program is to provide the right services, at the right time, in the right place. Information bulletin ➞ August 2 2016 Hey moms: got milk? Vancouver, BC – With locations now across Richmond, Vancouver, Squamish and West Vancouver, Public Health nurses are hoping more mothers will donate their extra breast milk for premature and sick babies via the BC Women’s Provincial Milk Bank. Information bulletin ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 80 Page 81 Current page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 … Next page ›› Last page Last
