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) October 11 2018 Drug checking expands in Vancouver Vancouver, BC – People who use drugs now have additional tools to check them for toxicity. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) has partnered with PHS Community Services Society and Lookout Housing and Health Society to buy two more drug-checking machines. Drug checking is an emerging harm reduction strategy that may help prevent overdose deaths. Information bulletin ➞ September 20 2018 Province approves next step towards a new LGH acute care facility A new acute care facility for Lions Gate Hospital is moving forward with provincial government approval of the business plan, which includes a six-storey tower with 108 single-patient rooms and expanded surgical services. Story Redevelopment projects ➞ September 17 2018 North Shore to benefit from new Lions Gate Hospital acute care tower NORTH VANCOUVER – A new acute care facility for Lions Gate Hospital is moving forward, as government has approved the business plan and laid out project details that benefit patient comfort and security. Information bulletin ➞ September 13 2018 Measles alert for several Vancouver locations Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health is warning anyone who went to the Skookum Festival, visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the Outdoor Community Block Party, or used public transit in Vancouver at specific times, about a possible measles exposure. Information bulletin ➞ August 31 2018 Vancouver Coastal Health’s Overdose Outreach Team expands An East Vancouver dad called the Overdose Outreach Team worried about his adult daughter. She just moved back home, had a history of overdoses and was in withdrawal. Information bulletin ➞ July 11 2018 Mobile Health Clinic for women launches on Downtown Eastside Vancouver, BC – Marginalized women now have easier access to health care with the launch of the Mobile Health Clinic on the Downtown Eastside. The specially-equipped medical van will enable Vancouver Coastal Health’s Women’s Intensive Case Management Team (ICMT) to connect with difficult-to-reach women—including sex trade workers—who have traditionally avoided contact with health services. Information bulletin ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Utility page 68 Utility page 69 Current page 70 Utility page 71 Utility page 72 Utility page 73 … Next page ›› Last page Last
