Archive for January 2016
Collaborative Health Centre Sought
Colleen O’Neil has been working to build better health-care support as part of the Medical Clinic Society on Bowen. She sees a dire need for a health centre so that islanders don’t have to leave the island when they feel least like commuting into town for health services. O’Neil is flabbergasted that it would appear…
Read MoreResidents provide data to improve health support
LOUISE LOIK / BOWEN ISLAND UNDERCURRENT JANUARY 15, 2016 12:16 PM Hundreds of people participated in a 29-page survey, supported by the Municipality was initiated by the Medical Clinic Society. The survey was meant to discover specific issues around access to health care on Bowen Island. Organizer Colleen O’Neil said that they “had some concerns…
Read MoreRotary aims to bring AEDs to Bowen – Jump Start program may help save lives
Amanda Ockeloen / Bowen Island Undercurrent January 22, 2016 12:00 PM Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anywhere, and it can happen to anyone at any time: shopping in the Cove, sitting in the ferry line up, reading a book at home. The Rotary Club of Bowen Island has initiated a program named Jump Start that…
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