In order to expedite the process, the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District board has told the provincial government it is willing to front the cost of business plans for the patient tower and cardiac cath lab. The offer was made in a letter to B.C. Premier David Eby from the hospital […]
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The Nanaimo Regional Hospital District board has approved the budget for 2025. The $57.5 million document includes $3.5 million for capital equipment and minor projects, $10.5 million for major capital projects, and $6 million for debt servicing on major capital projects. NRHD Chair Janice Perrino says they will ask the […]
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Nanaimo city council gladly moved to give an exemption to building height limitations so construction on the hospital’s new cancer centre could continue to move ahead. Click here to read the full article!
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The Grocers Go Beyond campaign starts Friday and runs through March 20, with net proceeds from sales of gerbera and cyclamen going to vital equipment for the new facility. Click here to read the full article! Disclaimer: NMSES is not affiliated with any fundraiser. This post is […]
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The Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation says facilities from the North, and Central Island will be getting their share of over $1.8 million. According to a media release, the money was raised as part of the Winter Giving Campaign, with 1,800 donors contributing to the foundation, making it the largest […]
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B.C. will see more people in hospital beds in January than ever before, as post-pandemic fallout combines with the peak of respiratory illness season, says Health Minister Adrian Dix. The increased demand for hospital beds comes amid challenges including the ongoing toxic-drug overdose crisis, now in its eighth year, a […]
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Glenn Bailey donated blood for the 200th time on Monday at a mobile clinic in Sidney. He does it regularly, every chance he gets, “I’ve been working at it for a lot of years—early ‘70s, actually late ‘70s I guess it was when I started,” said Bailey from a donor […]
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While the holiday season is a time for celebrations, it can also be a time of year when people may feel lonely, stressed or triggered. The past few years have been difficult for people due to global unrest, the lasting impacts of natural disasters and the pandemic. On top of […]
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Health Minister Adrian Dix said B.C. made significant progress in health care hirings between 2017 and 2022, but acknowledged the province will need to do more in future. “(We) have to do more and more and more — 38,000 (new hires) in my first five years, 38,000 in the next […]
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While raising $1 million by the new year is ambitious, the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation (NDHF) has reason to be optimistic mid-Islanders will respond. Barney Ellis-Perry, NDHF chief administrative officer, said their newly launched Winter Giving campaign is geared toward providing critically needed equipment for Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) and the Oceanside […]
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