SAVE OUR SURGERY
Adhoc Committee

SENIORS

• Nanaimo & District Labour Council (June 6, 2010) - Staff cuts and Contracting out PDF
• Cowichan Leader (April 28, 2010) - Plea made for more seniors care as second lodge meeting echoes first AND ‘Not consulted’ becoming code for ‘not what I want’ PDF
• Times Colonist (March 21, 2010) - Meals recipient gets reprieve (Meals on Wheels cuts) PDF
• Times Colonist (March 10, 2010) - Cuts for Parkinson's support wrong PDF
• Island Tides (Nov 5, 2009) - Seniors Cuts PDF
• Times Colonist (July 30, 2008) - Cowichan Lodge protesters overwhelm VIHA meeting PDF

MENTAL HEALTH/ADDICTION SERVICES

• Times Colonist (July 2, 2010) - Mental health has to beg for leftovers PDF
• Times Colonist (June18, 2010) - VIHA cut supports for addicted and ill PDF
• Cfax (June 18, 2010) - A terrible failure on mental illness PDF
• Times Colonist (June 17, 2010) - No confidence in VIHA's mental-health efforts PDF
• Times Colonist (June 15, 2010) - VIHA cuts weaken agencies PDF
• Times Colonist (June 15, 2010) - Taking aim at those unable to fight PDF
• Times Colonist (Jun 11, 2010) - No one chooses mental illness PDF
• Times Colonist (June 9, 2010) - A terrible failure on mental illness PDF
• Times Colonist (March 8, 2010) - Letter - Counselling centre cuts dangerous PDF
• Martlet.ca (Nov 4, 2009) - VIHA cuts: mental risk PDF
• BC Schizophrenia Society Victoria (Oct 31, 2009) - Cuts Won’t Save Money in Long Term! PDF

GENERAL

• BC Nurses Union - Healthcare Cuts - What we know PDF
• Times Colonist/Sun (July 16, 2009) - VIHA to cut jobs, sell assets, hike fees to balance budget PDF
• Times Colonist (May 6, 2010) - Emergency-room doctors call for more help PDF
• Times Colonist (Mar 31, 2010) - Vancouver Island hospital laying off 30-35 nurses PDF
• Nanaimo News Bulletin (Feb 15, 2010) - Health budget-cutting has hefty costs - Nurses feeling pressure PDF
• BC Nurses Union (Oct 2009) - Condemn VIHA Cuts PDF

MISC/CONTRACTING OUT/PROCESS

• BC Health Coalition - Lots of info about Regional and Provincial cuts and initiatives.
• Times Colonist (June 5, 2010) - Contracting out hurt health care [dietary and housekeeping] PDF
• Comox Valley Record (June, 2010) - Health decision undemocratic PDF plus 5 articles
• Times Colonist (May 21, 2010) - Centre reopens after bedbug blitz [contract out housekeeping] PDF
• Times Colonist (May 28, 2010) Clean hospitals reduce the risk - Dirty hospitals kill PDF
• Parksville Qualicum News (June 10, 2010) - Letter - Don’t get sick after working hours PDF

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