Upgraded pharmacy services for DCDH and FSJH
The Dawson Creek and District Hospital (DCDH) and Fort St. John Hospital (FSJH) recently received an upgrade to pharmacy services with the installation of new Pyxis machines. Pyxis machines are aut...
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Youth Voice Matters
Northern Health (NH) is excited to release a new social media campaign, named Youth 4 Youth (Y4Y), aiming to promote mental wellness and mental illness prevention in youth (ages 15-24). This campaign ...
Wildfires and protecting your mental wellness
The wildfire season has gotten longer, with increases in fire frequency, duration, and severity. At the time of writing this story, according to BC Wildfire Service, there were 236 active wildfires in...
Wildfire smoke
The Northern Health region experienced an earlier than normal wildfire smoke season, and given the recent wildfire activity and the weather forecasts, it looks like we should be ready for smoky air th...
Celebrating the inaugural graduating class of UNBC's Northern Baccalaureate Nursing Program
On Friday, June 2, delegates from Northern Health, along with community and family members were invited to celebrate the first graduating class of UNBC's Northern Baccalaureate Nursing Program (...
First-of-its-kind daycare comes to the Northeast
Northern Health and the YMCA BC have partnered to announce the opening of a new pilot project daycare in Fort St. John. The YMCA Robert Ogilvie Care and Learning Centre is designed to address the c...
Trauma and orthopedic surgery service expansion is underway in the Northeast
In the spring of 2022, it was announced that Northern Health would resume an orthopedic surgical service at the Fort St. John Hospital (FSJH), along with expanded trauma services. Orthopedic surgery h...
