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Lodge residents upset by looming move
The only place in South Delta that houses seniors with mental health issues is closing and its long-time residents are moving despite concerns that changing communities might be too upsetting for them.
Project for seniors in trouble
A local health program for seniors at Confederation Centre is facing an uncertain future, now that funding from Fraser Health is dwindling.
Doctors speak out on wait times
Not a week goes by in the Eagle Ridge Hospital emergency room that Dr. Adam Lund doesn't see a patient he personally knows in the community. The Port Moody doctor said it could be the guy he buys coffee from or a fellow parent.
Worst flu season in years: FHA
With the flu season hitting especially hard this winter, Fraser Health has declared the current influenza strain a health hazard under the Public Health Act.
Outbreak a health hazard
With the flu season hitting especially hard this winter, Fraser Health has declared the current influenza strain a health hazard under the Public Health Act.
Influenza declared 'health hazard'
Influenza is hammering the Lower Mainland, including some Langley health facilities, as one of the worst flu seasons in years has caused outbreaks at a number of health care facilities.
Burnaby man blames sickness on hospitals' lack of cleanliness
Burnaby resident Maurizio Facchin is concerned about what he believes to be a lack of cleaning done at Burnaby Hospital and Royal Columbian Hospital after his mother allegedly contracted more than one infection at these facilities.
Son upset about hospital cleanliness issues
Burnaby resident Maurizio Facchin is concerned about what he believes to be a lack of cleaning done at Burnaby Hospital and Royal Columbian Hospital after his mother allegedly contracted more than one infection at these facilities.
Surrey ER should be open by next week
Surrey Memorial Hospital's emergency department should be reopened for patients by early next week.
RCH ER numbers jump after flood takes out Surrey ER
The emergency room at Royal Columbian Hospital has seen a 22 per cent increase in patient visits since a flood shut down the ER at Surrey Memorial Hospital on Nov. 19, according to Fraser Health spokesperson Roy Thorpe-Dorward.
Peace Arch ER picks up the slack
As a result of Monday's flooding at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Peace Arch Hospital saw an increase of 36 per cent in patients, or 100 more a day for the first two days afterward.
Weeks before ER can reopen
Two days after Surrey Memorial's emergency room was flooded by a broken water pipe, Fraser Health is saying it could be two weeks or more before the facility is able to reopen and accept new patients.
Former city councillor still waiting for a bed
It's now been four months since former Burnaby city councillor Douglas Evans was admitted to Burnaby Hospital due to complications with Alzheimer's disease. But after numerous setbacks, including pneumonia, the loss of the use of his legs, and now a second infection of C. difficile, he's not much closer to being transferred to a more appropriate long-term care facility, according to his daughter.
Family upset over treatment of father
Frustrated family members of a former Burnaby city councillor are raising concerns about the shortage of long-term care beds for seniors and the treatment their father is receiving at Burnaby Hospital.
Nurse teams scrapped
Nurses who specialize in putting in intravenous needles at major hospitals in the Lower Mainland will lose their positions as of September.
Nurse program done
Nurses who specialize in putting in intravenous needles at major hospitals in the Lower Mainland will lose their positions as of September.
Whooping cough outbreak still a cause for concern
Almost three hundred cases of whooping cough have been reported among Fraser Valley residents in the past nine months.
C. difficile hits local hospital
An outbreak of the C. difficile bacteria has sickened four patients at Langley Memorial Hospital and has caused a partial quarantine in one wing.
CGH closing overflow unit for the summer
Already dealing with the pending loss of 20 sub-acute rehabilitation beds, Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) will see an overflow unit housing 18 more beds closed on Friday, the Times has learned.
