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Powell River General Hospital officially renamed to qathet General Hospital

qathet Regional District, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in partnership with Tla'amin Nation, officially announced the renaming of Powell River General Hospital to qathet General Hospital. Tla'amin Nation and VCH leadership marked the occasion with a renaming ceremony on the grounds of the hospital today, which serves the qathet Regional District and surrounding rural communities.

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Vancouver Coastal Health welcomes back 283 hospital food-service workers

VANCOUVER - People accessing health care in the Lower Mainland, North Shore, Sunshine Coast and Sea-to-Sky are benefiting from more stable, consistent and supportive patient care as food-service workers who were previously contracted out return as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) employees.

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B.C. encourages parents to register children under 5 for COVID-19 vaccine

Approximately 208,000 eligible infants and children in British Columbia between six months and four years of age will soon be able to receive vaccine protection against COVID-19.

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Full maternity services resume at Squamish General Hospital

SQUAMISH, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is advising the public that as of Monday, July 4, Squamish General Hospital (SGH) resumed all maternity services. For three days in early July, there was a temporary adjustment to maternity services at SGH. During this period, while the unit was able provide routine maternity care, which included assessing patients with immediate concerns, a limited number of patients were deferred to alternate hospitals to deliver their babies safely.

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Limited, temporary disruption to Squamish General Hospital maternity services in early July

SQUAMISH, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is advising the public that some patients accessing maternity services at Squamish General Hospital (SGH) may be diverted to alternate hospital sites for care in early July 2022. Patients who are in labour may be diverted to Lions Gate Hospital, Richmond Hospital, St. Paul’s Hospital or B.C. Women’s Hospital, where appropriate obstetrics oversight and care is available.

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Lower Mainland health authorities urge residents to take precautions during the Heat Warning

Lower Mainland, British Columbia – A Heat Warning was issued on Sunday, June 26 by Environment Canada, who advised of increasing temperatures from Sunday, June 26 through to Monday, June 27.

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