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Sturko said it is clear to everyone in Surrey the dire straights that their health-care system is in under the current government and promised her party would reduce long-wait times in emergency rooms by tackling waiting lists for procedures such as CT scans and MRIs that are clogging hos...
She and new Premier David Eby have a chance to break the cycle here. They can follow through on Eby’s idea of a “seamless” continuum of care for treatment, from hospital emergency rooms, through to treatment beds and housing, all without wait times or gaps. Plus, they can ba...
hospital is a high priority: all services are located in one psychiatric hospital currently which is not ideal must replace existing hospital as well as increase community-based services wait times need to be addressed: CEO of each health authority must reduce wait times and waitlists within one...
Emergency drill patients taken to Vancouver hospitalTom Vogt
Vancouver Coastal Health has been working for months to find a suitable location in the area, which has the second-highest rate of overdose deaths and number of emergency calls in the region after the Downtown Eastside. On Wednesday, it said it has secured a location less than 300 metr...
We___the emergency lane, ready to continue our patient wait. Back in my spot, I’m awestruck. I forget my___and hunger. My anxiety is gone. I start___on what 300 fellow drivers and l just did. Despite our exhaustion, we ___decided to help the stranger who needed the time more...
The front lines of medical care for spine-related pain is typically the prescription of pain medication, particularly at the emergency care level, and then if that doesn’t work, a referral is made to physical therapy. If physical therapy is unsuccessful, the final referral is to a surgeon....
Study Objectives In Canada, hospital care is publicly funded and emergency department (ED) budgets form a component of an individual hospital's global budget.Reducing ED wait times is of high priority among hospital administrators andthe... AHY Cheng,JM Sutherland - 《Annals of Emergency Medicine...
Abstract No. 63: Emergency Carotid Revascularization in the Acute Stroke Setting: The Vancouver General Hospital ExperiencePurpose Review our experience with indications, peri-procedural challenges, and outcomes of emergency extracranial stent-assisted carotid revascularization (ESCR) in the setting of acute...