Site work set to begin for $289M Cancer Centre in Nanaimo
Preliminary site work for the $289-million new B.C. Cancer Centre at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is expected to begin this month. Click here to read the full article.
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Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation break donation record
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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Health minister expects even bigger demands on health-care system in 2024
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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Island Health still recovering from pandemic-caused shortages, looking ahead for 2024
More beds and doctors are coming to Island communities in the New Year, after a challenging 2023 for health care. In a year-end letter, Leah Hollins, chair of Island Health’s board of directors, says the health authority is still dealing with ripple effects from the pandemic. Royal Jubilee and Victoria […]
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Nanaimo Hospital board signals commitment, albeit expensive, to back regional acute healthcare needs
Taxes are slated to rise considerably to fund regional primary healthcare initiatives. Last week Nanaimo Regional Hospital District (NRHD) board members unanimously approved the 2024 provisional budget, featuring a 28 per cent jump in property taxes between Cedar and Bowser. It equates to a payment of $355 for a property […]
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Santa arrives by helicopter at Island hospitals to cheer up sick kids
Santa whirled into town to the whine of a helicopter’s turbine and whoosh of rotor wash, instead of the jingle of bells and the clop of reindeer hooves, for his visit to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. The jolly old elf stabled his reindeer once again to make his annual trip […]
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“Really good news:” donations soar to bolster future High Acuity Unit at NRGH
Known for rallying behind important causes, the mid-Island community stepped up during a single-day campaign to back the Nanaimo hospital. Nearly $245,000 was raised during Giving Tuesday last week, well beyond the goal of $100,000. Click here to read the full article.
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Significant fundraiser underway for mid-island healthcare
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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Building with restaurant and housing planned across from Nanaimo hospital
Nanaimo city council issued a development permit for a planned mixed-use building with a restaurant and housing that will be built to service the hospital area. R.W. (Bobo) Wall Ltd., on behalf of Hospital Commons on the corner of Boundary and Dufferin Crescents, has an application in the works for […]
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Family demands answers after Nanaimo woman spends days in hospital hallway
The family of a woman from Nanaimo is demanding answers after she spent almost four days in a hospital hallway among dozens of other patients waiting for a bed. The woman was initially rushed to the emergency room at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital last Friday for what turned out to […]
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