Healthcare

Healthcare

Victoria has second highest wait times in Canada for walk-in clinics

Robyn Bell
February 21, 2024

Victoria's wait times have made the top 5 for longest in the country for years

Healthcare

Saanich Police charge woman with fraud and impersonation

Nurse’s fraudulent application spotlights concerns about identity theft

Healthcare

MLAs on hand to launch Bridging Care program at Royal Jubilee Hospital

The new program provides short-term, skills-based, and transitional support for people who might otherwise need to be admitted to hospital for psychiatric care.

Healthcare

The VCAPCC unveils its new spaces during Child Abuse Awareness Month

The Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre (VCAPCC) unveiled its new child and family friendly spaces this week

Healthcare

South Island hospital shortages and slowdowns mounting

By Cameron Welch
May 22, 2023

This long weekend, problems were revealed at two local emergency rooms

Healthcare

BC is pushing to add thousands more nurses. But nurse educators say the field needs major change first

Kate Hildebrandt
May 8, 2023

BC is years into an acute shortage of nurses as part of the broader crisis of an overwhelmed health system

Healthcare

Paramedic shortages still plague rural Island communities, but some remedies may be in the works

Small ferry-dependent communities' acute paramedic shortages are made worse by lack of guaranteed off-hour sailings for medical evacuations