Recent History – 2000 June 26, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Existing psychiatric services in Dawson Creek will be complemented by a video-conferencing system that will give local patients access to sessions with psychiatrists based elsewhere in the province. Called TeleMentalHealth, the program was announced Friday with the help of the very same technology… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Aug. 1, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff A conflict over money is brewing between two health care bodies. It all started in late May when South Peace Health Council (SPHC) chair Sheila Barnes attended a Peace Liard Community Health Services Society (PLCHSS) meeting and discovered that the Society has been looking… Read More

Recent History – 2002 Jan. 25, 2002, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff As a head nurse working in an intensive care unit and in long-term care, Donalda Carson has been around her share of death. The experience took an emotional toll that for years she could not explain. “I would feel this hole in my… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Sept. 29, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Dr. Jim Hargreaves foresees the day when the Dawson Creek is so lacking in specialists that not even an appendix can be removed at the city’s hospital. Instead, he said the patient will have to be shipped off to Prince George or Vancouver… Read More

Recent History – 2000 Nov. 15, 2000, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Following a two-month, $600,000 renovation, the operating rooms at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital were re-opened with a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning. The number of operating rooms (ORs) will remain the same at two, but doctors and nurses will have more room… Read More

Recent History – 2001 Jan. 24, 2001, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff A report meant to alleviate fears of a Walkerton-like tragedy occurring locally was released during Monday’s city council meeting. The report, written by deputy administrator Jim Chute, outlines how the city’s water treatment system works, the regulatory framework under which it operates, and… Read More

Recent History – 2001 Jan. 25, 2001, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff About 25 people got a closer look at a draft three-year regional health plan when a public meeting was held Wednesday night. Mandated by the Ministry of Health, the plan outlines the goals and objectives for health care for the entire Peace-Liard region… Read More

Recent History – 2001 April 11, 2001, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff Psychiatric services in Dawson Creek will benefit from an announcement made Tuesday by the federal Liberal government. Ottawa will commit $400,000 to a mental health evaluation and community consultation unit at the University of British Columbia. The unit will help develop telemental health… Read More

Recent History – 2001 May 24, 2001, By Mark Nielsen, Daily News Staff A brand new state-of-the art computerized tommography (CT) scanner is on its way to Dawson Creek and District Hospital and should be ready to operate by early July. The scanner, also called a CAT scan uses a concentrated x-ray to get cross section… Read More

Recent History – 2001 July 13, 2001 DAWSON CREEK — Arleene Thorpe has been named to a 21-person Ministerial Advisory Committee on Rural Health. Thorpe will be visiting such communities as Cranbrook, Nelson and Prince George to listen to concerns and suggestions about rural health care from residents. “Basically, were the eyes and ears for… Read More