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) April 3 2019 VGH study offers breakthrough for cardiac arrest patients Vancouver, BC – Ryan Jones' life changed forever on a road in Fort St. John two years ago. His car skidded in the snow; his chest hit the steering wheel, and he went into cardiac arrest. Ryan was flown by air ambulance to Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). He became the first cardiac-arrest patient in Canada to receive a relatively new treatment that saved his brain, his heart, and ultimately his life. "I don't remember much about that day because I was in a coma for weeks after, but I am 100 per cent sure the treatment saved my life," says Ryan. Information bulletin ➞ April 2 2019 New confirmed case of measles in Lower Mainland SURREY/VANCOUVER – A case of measles infection has been identified in the Lower Mainland. Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health have determined that the infection was acquired abroad. Information bulletin ➞ March 13 2019 Researching sleep on World Sleep Day Vancouver, BC – Friday March 15th is the perfect excuse to sleep in. It’s World Sleep Day – a time to think about how sleep affects our health and social well-being. Information bulletin ➞ March 13 2019 Strengthening home support for the people in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland Vancouver and Surrey, BC – Home support clients in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions will have their care directly managed and delivered by their health authority, as both shift to in-house delivery for the majority of the home support services they provide. Information bulletin ➞ February 27 2019 Two new measles cases confirmed Vancouver, BC – Two new cases of measles infection have been reported to Vancouver Coastal Health. Both cases are related to the school outbreak, and had been receiving follow-up care as they were known to have been exposed to persons with measles infection. Information bulletin ➞ February 24 2019 Measles in VCH Measles in VCH Information bulletin ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Utility page 65 Utility page 66 Current page 67 Utility page 68 Utility page 69 Utility page 70 … Next page ›› Last page Last
