Estimated wait times at several Island emergency care facilities are now available online. Island Health has launched a new page on their website which provides regularly updated estimates of wait times at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and other Island hospital emergency departments. Thirteen facilities are included in the new data, which […]
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U.S. health-care workers are flocking to Nanaimo, and at least one told The Discourse their move is a direct spin-off from the Nanaimo Infusion event that welcomed hundreds of American visitors to the city this spring. Brandy Frye is a registered nurse from Califorina who was in Nanaimo this week with her […]
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Novari Health is working with Island Health to implement its Medical Imaging Requisition Management (MIRM) technology across Vancouver Island. The deployment of Novari MIRM will enable 16 Island Health sites to more efficiently manage the receipt, processing, workflows, and wait list management associated with inpatient and outpatient community referrals for […]
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Shortly after returning home from an extended South Pacific winter vacation, I developed what turned out to be a life-threatening bout of pneumonia which saw me spending 10 days of intense treatment in the acute treatment ward of the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. My purpose in writing is to acknowledge […]
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This year’s Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign is raising funds for a SPECT-CT scanner at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. From Monday, April 28, to Sunday, May 4, all proceeds from Smile Cookie at Nanaimo-area Tim Hortons will go to the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation toward the purchase of the […]
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NANAIMO — Our public healthcare system is in crisis, and whoever forms the next federal government must take steps to address it. Those calls were made by Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and Hospital Employees Union (HEU) reps during a Monday, April 14 news conference outside Nanaimo hospital, voicing demands for […]
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In order to expedite the process, the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District board has told the provincial government it is willing to front the cost of business plans for the patient tower and cardiac cath lab. The offer was made in a letter to B.C. Premier David Eby from the hospital […]
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It was a million-dollar moment as the Nanaimo Hospital Auxiliary handed over to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital the single largest cheque in the 125-year history of the partnership. The auxiliary presented a $1-million cheque as its annual donation at an event Monday, March 31, at the Beban Park Social Centre. Click here […]
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The Nanaimo Regional Hospital District board has approved the budget for 2025. The $57.5 million document includes $3.5 million for capital equipment and minor projects, $10.5 million for major capital projects, and $6 million for debt servicing on major capital projects. NRHD Chair Janice Perrino says they will ask the […]
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No mention of a Nanaimo hospital patient tower in B.C.’s budget has some health-care advocates disappointed, but the province says that the work is still taking place. “We know this is a priority for the community…” said Preet Grewal, spokesperson for the Ministry of Infrastructure, adding that minister Bowinn Ma met with the Nanaimo Regional […]
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