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Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has long struggled with a disproportionate number of residents who struggle with a mental-health challenge, and addictions issue, or both, which is common enough for authorities to have labeled a "concurrent disorder." (Photo courtesy of Travis Lupick / The Georgia Straight).

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Six years ago the Vancouver police declared a mental-health crisis; since then, little has changed (Dr. Thomas Kerr, BCCSU)

October 10, 2019

Dr. Perry Kendall appointed Order of Canada (Photo credit: UBC)

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Perry Kendall appointed to the Order of Canada (BCCSU)

October 9, 2019

The Pattison Foundation has made a $75 million donation to fund the Jim Pattison Medical Centre at the new St. Paul's Hospital. “We’re building a health campus where every patient is a partner; where research, teaching, and clinical care are integrated from day one,” says Fiona Dalton, President & CEO, PHC. (Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Sun).

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St. Paul’s Foundation announces $225 million fundraising goal for new St. Paul’s (Fiona Dalton, New SPH)

October 8, 2019

St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver (Photo credit: News 1130)

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Vancouver, Portland and Seattle ‘need to improve health care access’: UBC study (SPH)

October 7, 2019

Living with HIV is not easy, nor is dating when you have the virus, but it is your ‘new normal’ and some adjustments are definitely required. (Photo credit: The Good Men Project)

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Conquering Obstacles in Dating With HIV (BC-CFE)

October 7, 2019

'Blood clots really don't discriminate': How to recognize the signs. SPH Dr. Anna Rahmani (Photo Credit: CTV)

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‘Blood clots really don’t discriminate’: How to recognize the signs (SPH, Dr. Anna Rahmani)

October 7, 2019

There were 1,535 illicit-drug overdose deaths in B.C. in 2018, compared to an average of 204 deaths annually from 2001 to 2010. (Photo Credit: TRAVIS LUPICK)

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One-third of organs donated in B.C. in 2018 came from people who died of a drug overdose (SPH)

October 4, 2019

In Dosed, cameras follow Adrianne's struggle with an addiction to opioids and her attempts to stop using hard drugs with a combination of magic mushrooms and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. (Photo Credit: DOSED)

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In Vancouver documentary Dosed, magic mushrooms reveal a path out of addiction (BCCSU)

October 2, 2019

Residents of Vancouver's Prior street rallied today in opposition to the city's plan to make their street a major arterial to replace the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts after they're torn down. Grace Ke reports.(Photo Credit: Global News)

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‘Follow through’: Strathcona residents say city backtracking on promise to calm Prior Street (New SPH)

October 1, 2019

Letter writer Donald Sutherland has nothing but praise for St. Paul's Hospital and it's staff. (Photo Credit: WAYNE LEIDENFROST / VANCOUVER SUN)

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Letters, Sept. 28: Kudos to St. Paul’s Hospital and its amazing staff (SPH)

September 30, 2019