Healthcare

Healthcare

BC is pushing to add thousands more nurses. But nurse educators say the field needs major change first

Kate Hildebrandt
May 8, 2023

BC is years into an acute shortage of nurses as part of the broader crisis of an overwhelmed health system

Healthcare

Paramedic shortages still plague rural Island communities, but some remedies may be in the works

Small ferry-dependent communities' acute paramedic shortages are made worse by lack of guaranteed off-hour sailings for medical evacuations

Healthcare

North Vancouver Island hospitals close overnight indefinitely

By Brishti Basu
January 27, 2023

Island healthcare workers need to be respected, said Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh

Healthcare

‘Significantly over capacity’: Island hospitals overwhelmed amid silence and data gaps

By Brishti Basu
January 16, 2023

Respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses are filling hospital beds, while surgeries are being postponed to make room

Healthcare

Plans for new youth mental health program at Royal Jubilee Hospital veiled in secrecy

By Brishti Basu
December 27, 2022

A child psychiatrist for Indigenous people attributes the changes to ongoing reporting by Capital Daily

Healthcare

Victorians’ health and wellness on a steady decline over past three years: report

By Brishti Basu
November 25, 2022

Forty percent of Victoria residents say their overall health and wellness is below average or poor this year, compared to 12% in 2020.

Healthcare

Some BC hospital patients left vulnerable without COVID, flu tests

By Brishti Basu
November 23, 2022

A Langford woman is speaking out after her husband contracted COVID-19 at the hospital but was discharged without diagnosis