Nanaimo-Lantzville’s MLA is stressing to his government’s health minister the need for a cardiac cath lab and new patient tower at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. MLA George Anderson’s letter to B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne was addressed in the spring and posted to social media last week. It was also sent to B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma and Nanaimo […]
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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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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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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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In the fall provincial election campaign, Premier David Eby and NDP candidates made bold promises for investments to improve the health-care system in order to address staff shortages and gaps in vital services. But patient groups and health-care workers who spoke to CBC News say they are disappointed to see several […]
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Nanaimo Regional General Hospital has a new chair, and she says it’s time to put healthcare first not just for the residents in the city, but for everyone north of the Malahat. Janice Perrino, who is also a city councillor, will succeed Ian Thorpe after seven years of service to […]
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Nanaimo city council gladly moved to give an exemption to building height limitations so construction on the hospital’s new cancer centre could continue to move ahead. Click here to read the full article!
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The Grocers Go Beyond campaign starts Friday and runs through March 20, with net proceeds from sales of gerbera and cyclamen going to vital equipment for the new facility. Click here to read the full article! Disclaimer: NMSES is not affiliated with any fundraiser. This post is […]
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Preliminary site work for the $289-million new B.C. Cancer Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is expected to begin this month. Click here to read the full article.
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