B. C. Health Minister George Abbott praised the initiative. The province commends the Lois Fish Palliative Society for creating a source of comprehensive information on palliative resources in B. C., ... By January 2006, we are hopeful this resource will link directly with B. C. NurseLine and further enhance the ability of the nurses to provide greater assistance to British Columbians with end-of-life care, service providers and organizations in their communities.
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with the average response time in the last two weeks of September hitting two minutes, two seconds.George Abbott
The number of youth addictions treatment beds will increase by approximately 75 per cent and allows us to build capacity to ensure youth across the province get the assistance they need.
George Abbott
I think it's the right model. That has to be part of the continuum of services. The aim is not to keep people addicted to their addictions in the long term. It's trying to get them into a social setting where we have an opportunity to . . . address their addictions issues.
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The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek restitution for health care costs related to smoking for the last 50 years and for future costs. We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products, ... That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.
George Abbott
For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward by evidence-based benchmarks,
George Abbott
We have not found any evidence or data either within the Ministry of Health or within the Fraser Health Authority that would appear to substantiate that particular suggestion, so we're following up now with the authors of the report to find out exactly what they meant.
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