A new urgent and primary care centre is coming to Nanaimo in 2025.
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Patients in Nanaimo with heart disease cannot get access to the care they need and it can lead to suffering poor or sometimes fatal outcomes said a healthcare advocate group.
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Paul Manly, executive director of the Naniamo Unitarian Shelter, is speaking out after a 23-year old woman named Sophia — who worked at the shelter — died from an infection after struggling to access primary care.
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A VIU nursing professor and member of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association is questioning if the plan to expand the prescribed safer supply program in British Columbia is feasible after the provincial health officer released a review of the program.
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Island Health is ramping up its Covid and Influenza vaccine campaign with free walk-in clinics for children between six months and 11 years of age.
Nanaimo Fire Chief Tim Doyle painted a dire picture of the overdose crisis to Nanaimo city council on Monday.
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A new long-term care home in Lantzville will bring a total of 306 long-term care beds to the region, including a 20-bed hospice unit and a 26-bed specialized population unit.
With temperatures hitting 35°C in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Asteras Greek Taverna closed for the day saying they didn’t want to put their kitchen staff at risk.
A heat warning has been issued by Environment Canada for East Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.
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A veteran ER doctor at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is sounding the alarm about a backlog of patients waiting to be admitted to the hospital due to a shortage of hospitalists.
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Doctors at the Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, the mayor of Nanaimo, the Chief of Snuneymuxw First Nation and other local leaders are calling on the province of British Columbia to build a cardiac catheterization lab for the region's 450,000 residents.
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