B.C. health authority blasted for wheelchair user fee

6/6/2013 The independent MLA for Delta South is outraged at a new Fraser Health Authority policy that will require seniors in extended care homes to pay to rent wheelchairs. "It is a pure cash grab, absolutely." Vicki Huntington says the move is ...

One case of a rare, degenerative brain disease has been confirmed in British Columbia's Fraser Valley, and a health official says two other cases are now suspected. However Paul Van Buynder, chief medical officer for the Fraser Health authority, said ...

The good folks at The Fraser Institute recently put out an interesting bet, right here , on the Huffington Post. After publishing their latest instalment of international health care systems, the authors seem sold on travel as a means of ...

Metro Vancouver's port authority says it is taking the proper steps to ensure public safety in the Lower Mainland, as environmental groups accuse it of abandoning its responsibility by allowing a company to hold public consultations on a coal port ...

Surrey (June 17, 2013): In a press statement by the World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) has announced, in partnership with the Fraser Health Authority, the launch of a compendium on the Sikh faith and best practices for Sikh patients. The announcement ...

VANCOUVER - B.C. Nurses are blasting Vancouver-area health authorities for a decision to charge nursing home residents $25 a month to use a wheelchair. Independent MLA Vicki Huntington brought the charge to light earlier this week, saying she's ...

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Every night, Maureen Tiedemann goes to sleep on an earthing sheet. Wrapped around her king-size mattress, the sheet laced with conductive silver fibres has a small cord and plug that connects into the circular hole of a three-pronged electrical ...