Breadcrumb Home About us Media centre News Updates regarding Vancouver Coastal Health people, programs, services and initiatives. Keywords Authored on 20242023202220212020Select a year2025 Category - Any -2SLGBTQIA+Awards and recognitionCommunity engagementCommunity eventsEmergency careEquity, diversity and inclusionHome and community careHospital careIndigenous HealthInnovation and researchMental health and substance usePublic HealthRedevelopment projectsRehabilitationSurgerySustainabilityVCH staffWellness Type - Any -StoryPress releaseInformation bulletinBC Gov. NewsNews releasePublic service announcement Apply Search Sort: Sort Old-NewNew-OldA-ZZ-A Showing 573 Article(s) May 17 2022 Investing in stronger surgical care People needing surgery at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) will have increased access to care as the provincial government has approved the business plan for the second phase of expansion, adding 13 new operating rooms (ORs) and 39 new perioperative patient bays at the facility. Information bulletin ➞ May 10 2022 Vancouver Coastal Health launches pilot program to improve healthcare journey of lung cancer patients VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has launched Lung Evaluation and Assessment Program (LEAP) to improve the healthcare journeys of people diagnosed with lung cancer. LEAP, which will initially run as a two-year pilot at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), will employ a nurse navigator - a clinician with cancer care expertise - to support patients, families and caregivers through the treatment process. Information bulletin ➞ May 5 2022 New High Acuity Unit now open at Lions Gate Hospital North Vancouver, B.C. – North Shore residents will receive enhanced levels of care as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) opens the doors to the new High Acuity Unit (HAU) at Lions Gate Hospital (LGH). The HAU is located next to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), bringing all of the hospital’s inpatient critical care services together on one floor where patients can be cared for by specialized teams of staff and medical staff. Information bulletin ➞ April 20 2022 New urgent and primary care centre opens in Richmond RICHMOND – More people in Richmond will have better access to team-based health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opening on April 25, 2022, at its permanent location at #110 - 4671 No. 3 Road. Information bulletin ➞ March 18 2022 Increase in norovirus cases associated with consumption of raw oysters VANCOUVER, B.C. – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is warning consumers to take steps to protect their health following an increase in cases of norovirus associated with consumption of raw B.C. oysters. Since Monday, March 14, more than 50 people have been affected with acute gastrointestinal illness, such as stomach pain, diarrhea or vomiting, after eating raw oysters. Lab testing has confirmed the presence of norovirus in some of the cases and it is suspected in others. Information bulletin ➞ February 17 2022 After delivering more than 600,000 doses, vaccination clinic at the Vancouver Convention Centre winds down operations VANCOUVER, B.C. – Thanks to the efficient delivery of B.C.'s booster campaign, many thousands of residents in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region received COVID-19 vaccine at the immunization clinic at the Vancouver Convention Centre over the past month, and with lessening demand, the clinic will wind down operations after this Sunday, Feb. 20. Information bulletin ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Utility page 27 Utility page 28 Current page 29 Utility page 30 Utility page 31 Utility page 32 … Next page ›› Last page Last
