An Island Health first - Protection Services Officer receives international bravery award
VANCOUVER ISLAND – With tremendous pride, Island Health celebrates a Protection Services Officer who was honoured in Chicago this week for an incredible act of bravery on the job.
Learn how to save a life!
VICTORIA – Here’s your chance to learn simple techniques that could potentially save someone’s life through hands-only CPR and with the assistance of automatic external defibrillator (AED).
Baby Hugging Program at Victoria General Hospital Gets Some Love
Victoria – Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of Island Health’s Huggies® No Baby Unhugged® program at Victoria General Hospital (VGH).
Cumberland Regional Hospital Laundry joins Island Health
CUMBERLAND – Cumberland Regional Hospital Laundry Society (CRHLS) workers and Island Health are celebrating a new relationship.
More than 100,000 visits to Island Health overdose prevention sites
VICTORIA – Since opening in December 2016, Island Health’s overdose prevention and supervised consumption services (OPS/SCS) have supported people in the communities they serve – with more than 100,000 visits, 820 overdose reversals and zero deaths.
Online STI testing program reduces barriers and reaches more people on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA – A first of its kind online testing program has been successfully reaching people who are seeking testing for sexually-transmitted infections (STI) and blood borne diseases.
Island Health Board of Directors to meet in Courtenay
ISLAND WIDE - Island Health’s Board of Directors will hold its next public forum in Courtenay.
Public Notice: Illness associated with herring eggs – Vancouver Island
The First Nations Health Authority and Island Health would like to confirm that Vibrio cholerae bacteria has been found in both herring eggs and water samples collected in the French Creek area and Qualicum Bay closure areas.
Island Health names lead proponents for Pandora Wellness Centre Supervised Consumption Services
VICTORIA –Island Health has identified two community-based agencies as the lead proponents to deliver Harm Reduction services and People with Lived Experience supports in the Supervised Consumption Service – called the Pandora Wellness Centre, which is scheduled to open in Victoria late this spring.