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Building care in a remote community
For more than 75 years, a tiny island in one of the most remote regions of British Columbia has served as a vital lifeline for fishers, forestry workers, adventure tourists, and residents of the primarily Indigenous community of Kyuquot. Okime Island — one of approximately 10 densely forested islands surrounding the isolated village — is a beacon of care and community in this wild west coast region of Vancouver Island.
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Flying high: Comox Valley drone demo highlights innovative opportunities for delivery of health-care services
The future of health-care service delivery in the Island Health region took a promising first step recently, thanks to a successful drone demonstration at the North Island Hospital, Comox Valley.
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Nurses go back to school to help beat HPV-related cancers
Island Health nurses are visiting schools across the region in the coming weeks to offer the HPV vaccine to grade 11 and 12 students.
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