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) July 19 2016 World class skier first to benefit from new brain treatment at Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver, BC – When Jamie Crane-Mauzy stood at the start line of the slopestyle event at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Whistler on April 11, 2015, she had no idea it would be the race of her life. Information bulletin ➞ July 15 2016 Whooping cough in Squamish Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Public Health is warning Squamish residents to ensure they’re protected against whooping cough (pertussis) as the number of people getting the infection is increasing. So far this year (since January 1) in the Howe Sound area there have been twice the number of infections as the historical average. 70 per cent of those people were 18 years old or younger. Information bulletin ➞ July 5 2016 Canada’s first C. diff dog ready to make a difference at VGH Dogs can do amazing things from hunting down criminals to sniffing out drugs. But Angus, a two-year old English springer spaniel, is a detection dog like no other. Angus has officially passed all of his training to detect C. difficile or C.diff, a superbug that attacks people whose immune systems have been weakened by antibiotics. C. diff is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea in hospitals and long-term care facilities. Information bulletin ➞ June 8 2016 Mumps outbreak worsens Vancouver – The number of people with mumps in the Vancouver Coastal Health region has grown to 46 with the illness now reported in Whistler, Squamish, Vancouver and North Vancouver. Information bulletin ➞ June 8 2016 Lions Gate Hospital unveils state-of-the-art MRI Technology Vancouver, BC – Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver is the first hospital in Canada to employ the latest generation in MRI technology – the GE Signa Explorer. Information bulletin ➞ June 2 2016 Concept planning begins for Richmond Hospital patient care tower project RICHMOND - In partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and Richmond Hospital Foundation, the Province is moving forward to start plans for a new replacement patient care tower at Richmond Hospital, announced Health Minister Terry Lake. Information bulletin ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Utility page 83 Utility page 84 Current page 85 Utility page 86 Utility page 87 Utility page 88 … Next page ›› Last page Last
