Healthcare

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Victorians’ health and wellness on a steady decline over past three years: report

By Brishti Basu
November 25, 2022

Forty percent of Victoria residents say their overall health and wellness is below average or poor this year, compared to 12% in 2020.

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Some BC hospital patients left vulnerable without COVID, flu tests

By Brishti Basu
November 23, 2022

A Langford woman is speaking out after her husband contracted COVID-19 at the hospital but was discharged without diagnosis

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Frontline healthcare workers deny BC’s claim that all patients tested for respiratory illness

By Brishti Basu
November 18, 2022

With most people not being tested for what they have, the data presented by the province is incomplete, at best

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What can municipalities do to attract health-care workers? Greater Victoria candidates have ideas

From subsidized clinic spaces, to housing and childcare options, municipal election candidates share their plans to make the region more affordable for health-care workers.

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Dumped at the bus stop: Royal Jubilee Hospital patients and employees say racial discrimination is harming people in need of care

By Brishti Basu
October 11, 2022

From Black women whose questions were ignored, to unhoused Indigenous people being denied treatment, the Royal Jubilee Hospital ER is a place many say they will never visit again

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An inside look at Victoria walk-in clinics as province mulls new family doctor pay structure

By Brishti Basu
August 10, 2022

A family doctor who worked at nine clinics across Victoria tells us why she quit after eight months, and how a new fee structure could help save the system

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Former Camosun and Sprott Shaw nursing students allege bullying, discrimination, and wrongful dismissals

By Brishti Basu
July 29, 2022

Amid a widespread nursing shortage, five students said they were dismissed or failed for minor mistakes, and some allege they faced discrimination from instructors at their institution.