Why the Healthcare Needs Assessment Survey Matters

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It was two in the morning and Colleen O’Neil’s five-month-old daughter was gasping for each breath. As O’Neill paced through the night trying to comfort the baby, she wondered whether to call the island’s emergency’s services. She hesitated. Should she bother the paramedics in the middle of the night, and what about the driver of…

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Health Needs Assessment for Bowen Island

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As many of you might remember, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) conducted a survey for the entire Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions to assess the health needs of all of the communities within those regions. It was broken down into communities not regions, so that VCH could make health care decisions based on local needs.…

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