Island Voices – Island Talk

 Contracted Residential Care Facilities Responsible for Substantially More Hospital Visits and More than Double the Rate of Deaths in Hospital when Compared to Publicly Operated Care Facilities

B.C Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, today released a report that compared hospitalization rates for residents of contracted long term care facilities (both not- for- profits and private companies) with residents from publicly operated care facilities. “After careful review of multi-year data, a consistent pattern emerges that shows a demonstrably greater use of the emergency department…

The Municipality Of North Cowichan continues it’s mindless persecution of Green Aura ,knowing full well the amount of public support/demand for medical marijuana, after a public meeting.

The Municipality Of North Cowichan continues it’s mindless persecution of Green Aura ,knowing full well the amount of public support/demand for medical marijuana, after a public meeting.

In early July 2018, Green Aura Cannabis was devastated with the most disheartening news.

Surprise, Surprise; Prevention cuts down demands on the health system!!!

Provincial ministers of health and ministers of finance seek to “bend the health-care cost curve,” but year after year, provincial budgets bend the cost curve in the wrong direction, adding billions of dollars to provincial health spending. In fact, we’ve doubled spending on our medical treatment system in Canada since 2005 — and what did…