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Downtown Victoria Urgent and Primary Care Centre closed to in-person visits on December 17, 2024, due to planned power outage
The Downtown Victoria Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) will be closed to in-person visits all day on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, due to a planned BC Hydro power outage. Patients are advised to attend other urgent and primary care centres for in-person care.
UPCC and BC Emergency Health Services partnership fosters the right care at the right place
A powerful new partnership between Island Health and BC Emergency Health Services has created alternate pathways for patients who may not require care at an emergency department.
Island Health grant empowers Indigenous youth through leadership and resilience conference
A transformative conference focused on promoting leadership and resilience brought together 80 Indigenous students from the Cowichan Valley for a day of empowerment and cultural celebration.
Island Health nurse grateful for stranger’s gift of life
As a student nurse, then as an operating room (OR) nurse, and now as a nurse in the preadmission and booking office at North Island Hospital Comox Valley, Sara Cherewaty has witnessed firsthand the life changing impacts of organ donation.
Chief Medical Health Officer releases report on increasing harms from psychoactive substances
The Island Health’s 2024 Chief Medical Health Officer report focuses on the health harms associated with the use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol, illegally manufactured opioids, tobacco and cannabis.
Climate conversations: Island Health grant supports project to help youth address eco-anxiety
A project supported by an Island Health grant has helped Victoria-area youth deal with anxiety about climate change and inspired them to learn about local efforts that are making a difference.
Applications call for Youth Resilience Grants – a partnership of Island Health and Pacific Public Health Foundation
For the first time, Island Health and PPHF are partnering to allocate up to $450,000 for the Youth Resilience Grants program. These grants aim to help improve mental well-being and build youth resilience to challenging life events.
Island Health Winter Magazine 2025
The Winter Issue of Island Health Magazine features stories about how patients are benefiting from three unique types of nursing care.
Four-year-old's visits bring joy to long-term care residents
At Cairnsmore Place long-term care home in Duncan, an unlikely friendship has blossomed between residents and a four-year-old boy named Innis Wright.