Nurses Call for Higher Wages Amid Rural BC Shortages
Rural BC doctors and nurses face wage gaps as data shows nurses earn less than other health workers over a decade. Hospitals close or curtail operating rooms due to nurse shortages while rural physicians negotiate on-call stipends. The BC Nursing Union seeks higher pay, better mileage allowances, enhanced night and weekend premiums, and extended long term disability benefits amid ongoing staffing pressures.
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Vancouver General Hospital
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BC Nursing Union
Health action plan boosts Peace Liard health budget
British Columbia allocates 11,184,081 dollars to the Peace Liard community health services society for 2000/2001, a 4.9 percent rise. The increase includes 525,614 dollars more than last year, part of a 231 million dollar provincial health budget rise and 180 million for patient care plus 70 million for hospital equipment. The ministry funds physicians, Pharmacare, ambulance service and hospital construction, with further plan implementations announced soon.
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B.C
Peace Liard Community Health Services Society
Health-Action
Anti racism forum series launched in British Columbia
Sue Hammell inaugurates Communities Against Racism Connecting the World a five forum series to aid BeCYS anti-racism recommendations for the 2001 UN conference. Forums in Prince George Castlegar Nanaimo and Surrey promote awareness track progress and support NGOs under BC’s standalone ministry of multiculturalism.
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South Africa
Prince George
Castlegar
Nanaimo
Surrey
British Columbia
Canada
Ministry of Multiculturalism
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