NEW RESIDENTIAL CARE RATES MORE FAIR AND EQUITABLE
On October 8, Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon announced that beginning January 2010, a more equitable rate structure will be introduced for all residential care clients to reduce the burden on low-income seniors. For the first time in at least a generation, residential care rates will be reduced for the lowest-income clients ensuring they will continue to pay the lowest rate in Canada. [News release] [Slide show]
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PRINCE GEORGE HOSPITAL RENAMED TO REFLECT TEACHING ROLE
PRINCE GEORGE – Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon announced that Prince George Regional Hospital will be renamed The University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, Prince George.
H1N1 FLU VIRUS (HUMAN SWINE FLU) UNDER SURVEILLANCE
VICTORIA – British Columbia continues to monitor and respond to the spread of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus.
LEGISLATION INTRODUCED TO RESTORE EMERGENCY CARE
VICTORIA - The Province is taking action to restore full emergency care to protect British Columbians, Minister of Health Services Kevin Falcon announced in introducing legislation to end the strike by CUPE 873, the union representing BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) paramedics and dispatchers.
‘IT’S GOOD TO ASK’ PROGRAM PROMOTES PATIENT SAFETY
VICTORIA – Canadian Patient Safety Week kicks off across the country this week, from Nov. 2 to 6, and to raise awareness here in British Columbia, patients are being told that ‘It’s Good to Ask' questions of their health-care providers.
PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE UPDATE
Despite unexpected delays in the manufacture of pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine in Canada, all British Columbians who need or want the vaccine will be able to receive it before the end of the year.
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