Staying safely connected through innovative ways
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A popular buzzword in 2020 is “pivot” – meaning our ability to be flexible when regularly called upon to change our course of action during this global pandemic. And nowhere is that flexibility more evident than in our health care system. HEU members have …
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025
Our lives have changed, and this is the new normal now
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As a lab assistant at Chilliwack General Hospital, Menuka (Menu) Prasad collects various samples from around the hospital, brings them back to the lab for processing, or forwards them to technicians or off-site for analysis. She also does …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Solidarity with Farmers in India
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The Hospital Employees’ Union stands in solidarity with farmers in India as they protest three controversial bills passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. These laws would deregulate the farming industry in favour of large multinational …
Last updated: Jun 22, 2021
Guardian: Winter 2020
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Guardian: Winter 2020 …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
HEU responds to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s report on racism targeted at Indigenous people in B.C.’s health care system
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Read the report Mike Old, Interim Secretary-Business Manager of the Hospital Employees’ Union, issued the following statement today: “The report released today shows widespread racism, prejudice and discrimination across the health care system directed …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Medical laboratory assistants are critical, we ensure that doctors can diagnose a patient in a timely manner
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“My role as a medical laboratory assistant is critical because we ensure that a doctor can diagnose a patient in a timely manner. We do a lot of blood work and electro cardiograms all around the hospital, including with COVID patients. Dealing with COVID …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
We never thought we would have to worry about getting PPE
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“Our department supplies the sterile equipment that's needed in the operating room (OR) and other areas of the hospital. The OR sends their reusable instruments to us, and we collect equipment from the rest of the hospital to process and distribute. The …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
We hold their hands and try to have that connection with them
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“In residential care our number one priority is looking after the residents and making sure all their needs are met. From getting them out of bed and fed, to helping with hair. We make sure they’re comfortable. We spend time with residents and get them …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
Government issues province-wide policy for mask use in health facilities
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The Ministry of Health is requiring all visitors and out-patients to wear medical-grade masks when visiting a health care facility including hospitals, long-term care facilities and assisted living. While the November 5 policy doesn’t change mask …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021
It’s like a war against this disease
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“Lately I’ve been thinking that putting on our masks and gloves every day, it’s like we’re going to war. It’s like a war against this disease. I go onto the COVID floor and overall, I wear a lot more PPE now. There’s now masks, more handwashing, and I …
Last updated: Jun 1, 2021