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`Super czars’ will make critical decisions about future of Medicare behind closed doors The Campbell government’s move to radically reduce the number of health boards and councils to six mega regions is misguided and won’t address problems of system …

A plan to ship more than 4 million pounds of hospital laundry and dozens of Fraser Valley jobs to Alberta is economically damaging, risky and raises serious doubts about whether health authorities are practicing due diligence in the awarding of lucrative …

Campbell government may act on some recommendations as early as Wednesday The report of the Campbell government’s select standing committee on health “is an alarming blueprint for huge cuts in health care services, widespread privatization and offloading …

Printer Friendly Version Two out of three British Columbians believe the billion dollar budget surplus forecast by the Campbell Liberal government should be used to restore services such as health care and education, according to a Mustel Group poll …

Starting Saturday, private company to truck 4 million pounds of laundry to Calgary; 43 jobs lost in Chilliwack and Mission Health care workers and supporters in the Fraser Valley will mark the last day of operation for the Chilliwack Hospital laundry with …

We’re looking after patients — not tourists, says HEU A rehashed study by a right-wing think tank comparing hospital services to those in hotels is fundamentally flawed, says the Hospital Employees’ Union. In an update of a 1995 study, the Fraser …

Staggering costs of private hospitals in U.K., lack of community input will be highlighted Today the Hospital Employees’ Union will join with other community and labour groups to oppose private hospital schemes in a presentation to Victoria’s health …

Printer Friendly Version Poverty-level wages, heavy workloads cited as main factor as hospital workers at six additional sites vote 87 per cent to join union. Another 360 hospital cleaners working for the French corporation Sodexho have voted …

The Hospital Employees’ Union will be at two important meetings this week to oppose a proposed private hospital scheme to replace Abbotsford’s ageing MSA General Hospital and to urge Fraser Valley health officials and provincial politicians to build a …

Cuts `will put lifesaving drugs beyond the reach of many British Columbians’ The Campbell government’s blueprint for deep cuts in the provincial Pharmacare program—which was leaked late yesterday—represents another broken promise that will have dramatic …