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Chetwynd The Echo

Location

Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Jun 18, 2002

Page

12

Health cost cuts target cancer care and children's services

Victoria report outlines Liberal plan to save 70 million over three years by charging for drugs, cutting mammograms by 7000 and reducing admissions and surgeries at BC Cancer Agency and BC Children’s Hospital. Projections warn of longer waits, higher risk, and 1300 job losses, with ministers noncommittal.

Paul Willcocks SNS Victoria Provincial Health Services Authority BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital Hospital Employees’ Union Freedom of Information Act Colin Hansen Sunshine Coast NDP Joy MacPhail HEU Chris Allnutt BC Cancer Agency B.C Cancer Agency BC Women’s and Children’s Hospital

B C health care ranked best and worst in Canada

Maclean's survey ranks 54 Canadian communities on health care. North and West Vancouver lead, while Prince George sits 52nd with weak scores on preventable illnesses and hospital admissions. Kelowna top non urban, Nanaimo near top half, Victoria third in its class.

Paul Willcocks SNS Victoria Canada Vancouver Prince George Maclean’s Magazine North West Vancouver Canadian Institute For Health Information B.C Kelowna Nanaimo Kamloops Surrey Chilliwack Burnaby/Coquitlam New West

Whittred flags seniors care cuts in BC

Long Term Care Minister Katherine Whittred warns about residential care closures in British Columbia. She asked deputy health minister Penny Ballem to raise five questions with health executives and stressed the need for a transition plan to protect residents, including keeping couples together whenever possible. The issue follows criticism over short notice bed closures and a Chilliwack couple split up amid a facility shutdown.

Paul Willcocks SNS Victoria Katherine Whittred Whittred Penny Ballem Chilliwack

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