Nanaimo, Oceanside, Alberni-Clayoquot

Nanaimo, Oceanside, Alberni-Clayoquot

From city streets to mountain tops to open Pacific Ocean, the diverse coastal communities of middle Vancouver Island face many health challenges. The city of Nanaimo in particular, continues to grow as a health services hub. However, the region's needs are broadly distributed in culturally distinct locations. Whether it’s supporting search and rescue in the rain forest or working with at-risk urban youth, Island Health is here.

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Triumphing over trauma: VGH patients show how human spirit prevails

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Physician Dr. Omar Ahmad was on shift in the Victoria General Hospital Intensive Care Unit the night a windstorm caused a tree to crash onto Ann Bailey’s home.

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Making connections for climate action: recapping the Climate Change and Health Community Gathering

Empowering, collaborative, embracing, inclusive – these are just some of the descriptions that highlight the impact of the recent Climate Change and Health Community Gathering in Nanaimo.

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Heart Failure Awareness Week

National Heart Failure Awareness Week: Prioritizing Heart Health

Heart failure, a condition in which the heart doesn’t pump blood efficiently throughout the body, has rapidly become one of the fastest-growing cardiovascular conditions globally.

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Locations in this Community

Centre Island Surgical Centre (CISC)

Centre Island Surgical Centre (CISC)

1179 Seafield Crescent #6N, Nanaimo, BC V9S 4S1

250-741-0200

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CLINIC - Urgent Medical Assessment Clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital Specialty Care Clinic
1200 Dufferin Crescent
Nanaimo, B.C. 
V9S 2B7

250 755 7691 ext. 53061

Communicable Disease Prevention & Control - Nanaimo

Communicable Disease Prevention & Control - Nanaimo

#8-1599 Dufferin Crescent
Nanaimo, B.C.
V9S 5L5
 

250-740-2616

Services offered in this Community