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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The province’s spending priorities for the year ahead apparently do not include a pair of promised significant local projects. Neither a catheterization lab for cardiac care, nor a new patient tower at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) were line items in the document presented by finance minister Brenda Bailey on Monday, March […]
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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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September 6, 2024, is the deadline to submit your abstracts for Quality Forum 2025. This is your chance to share what you’ve been working on and join us as a rapid fire or storyboard speaker during the main Forum programming on March 12-13. In 300 words or less, tell us […]
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The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation says facilities from the North, and Central Island will be getting their share of over $1.8 million. According to a media release, the money was raised as part of the Winter Giving Campaign, with 1,800 donors contributing to the foundation, making it the largest […]
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B.C. will see more people in hospital beds in January than ever before, as post-pandemic fallout combines with the peak of respiratory illness season, says Health Minister Adrian Dix. The increased demand for hospital beds comes amid challenges including the ongoing toxic-drug overdose crisis, now in its eighth year, a […]
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Glenn Bailey donated blood for the 200th time on Monday at a mobile clinic in Sidney. He does it regularly, every chance he gets, “I’ve been working at it for a lot of years—early ‘70s, actually late ‘70s I guess it was when I started,” said Bailey from a donor […]
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