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...
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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...
Taking care of their own
Birthing mothers and their newborn babies will have one more reason to be happy when they leave the Fort St. John Hospital. Local physicians and prenatal clinic staff are excited now that they’ll be...
Celebrating pharmacy in Northeast BC
March is Pharmacy Appreciation Month, and we are celebrating the pharmacists, technicians, assistants, and administrative staff that serve across our Northern Health region. Pharmacy professionals do ...
Northeast Recruitment and Retention Ambassador: Byron Stewart
Looking at a map of the Northern Health (NH) region, there’s no denying it: The North is huge. With half the province in its jurisdiction, the variety of people and places in the NH region is unmatched in BC. This is why it’s so important for us as an organization to utilize our most valuable assets: Our local people! Enter the role of a Recruitment and Retention Ambassador. We caught up with Byron Stewart in Fort St. John to discuss more about his role in the Northeast.
New equipment and training revive Nuclear Medicine in the Northeast
In February 2021, Fort St. John Hospital and Peace Villa purchased a nuclear medicine CT camera (or SPECT-CT) – a specialized piece of equipment that combines two different scans (nuclear medicine a...
Celebrating Medical Radiation Technologist Week – November 6-12
Every year, medical radiation technologists (MRTs) are celebrated across Canada on the week of November 8. The Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) highlights the important ...