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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.
Port Alberni Dialysis and Public Health Services are relocating to 4201 - 6th Avenue
PORT ALBERNI – Island Health’s Renal Dialysis and Public Health Services in Port Alberni will soon be relocating to 4201–6th Avenue. This new location, which will provide our clients, patients and staff with improved space, is currently being renovated and is expected to be open in early April.
Island Health Board announces new CEO
VICTORIA – Leah Hollins, Chair of the Island Health Board of Directors, is pleased to announce that Ms. Kathy MacNeil has been appointed President & Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Island Health Magazine Winter 2017
In this edition we highlight a pet therapy program that is making positive changes in the lives of Island Health patients. We also talk about New Year’s resolutions and how to make lasting and healthy changes—accompanied by some healthy recipes to keep you off the fad diet path.
Island Health Statement on the North Island Hospital Start Up
The North Island Hospital represents a major advancement in the delivery of acute care on the mid and North Island.
Celebrating 50th anniversary of pioneering surgery at Victoria's Royal Jubilee
VICTORIA - Visitors to Royal Jubilee Hospital can travel back in time with a time-capsule display in the Patient Care Centre's atrium, which features surgical artifacts from the 1800s to 1968.
The Flu is here. Make protecting your community from the flu your New Year’s resolution
ISLAND WIDE – As we welcome 2018, confirmed outbreaks of Influenza A are appearing in long-term care facilities in the Nanaimo-Parksville area. Also, there are sporadic laboratory reports of people in communities throughout Vancouver Island with confirmed cases of the flu.
So you have full blown influenza. Now what?
VANCOUVER ISLAND – Influenza season is here and it can be serious. It's hit your household, bringing family members a nasty cough, aches and pains and fever. Influenza, the “flu,” can be a serious respiratory disease that contributes to the death of approximately 3,500 people a year in Canada.
Island Health Board of Directors to meet in Victoria
ISLAND WIDE - Island Health’s Board of Directors will hold its next open board meeting in Victoria. Wednesday, February 7, 2018 8:30 am - noon