Island Health has recognized Kalla Shields for her efforts to promote harm reduction awareness and training at Frances Kelsey Secondary School in Mill Bay.
With summer underway and more people heading to beaches, lakes and backyard pools, Island Health is reminding everyone to make water safety a priority to prevent drownings and serious injuries.
The Thunderbird Wing offers a more discretionary pathway for patients accessing the service, including those who may have experienced sexual assault and require the care of a forensic nurse examiner.
Island Health now offers Virtual On-Demand Urgent Psychiatry, giving adults in five rural hospitals evening and weekend access to psychiatric care via secure virtual consultations.
The oncology and palliative care nurses at Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) can’t help but smile. While these nurses care for very sick patients and those at the end of life, they are thrilled to be one of the first medical teams in the province to offer a potentially revolutionary new approach to cancer treatment.
In this edition we feature the important work by Mental Health and Substance Use Executive Medical Director, highlight nurse-led care at South Island UPCCs, and focus on the incredible Nurse Practitioner fellowships that are helping our teams care compassionately for those with substance use disorders.
Island Health is recognizing the founder of a charity and a local counselling group for their exceptional efforts to help people experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.
The Downtown Victoria Urgent and Primary Care Centre will be closed to in-person visits all day on Sunday, May 4, 2025, due to a planned BC Hydro power outage.
Nearly three-quarters of residents surveyed in the Cowichan Valley report they have good or better health according to early results from the Our Health, Our Community survey.