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Residents of Kitimat and area will benefit from better access to diagnostic imaging services with the funding committed and the planning beginning for a new CT scanner at Kitimat General Hospital.
There has been an increase in overdoses in the community of Dawson Creek linked to a chunky purple substance sold as “side”. This drug causes sudden overdose when smoked. It has taken multiple doses of naloxone to reverse.
People in the North are one step closer to enhanced acute care and a dedicated cardiac unit with the approval of the business plan for a new patient-care tower at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC).

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“People don’t see me as somebody who managed 50 healthcare professionals, or someone who has two bachelor’s degrees and a black belt in martial arts,” says Cindyi. “All they see is that I’m on disability and that I’m a drug addict.”