Staying healthy: Using your COVID-19 toolkit
Northern Health is working hard to keep Northerners healthy and safe. As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, you may wonder what tools you still have to protect yourself. Over the past few years, weâ...
Smithers
Smithers COVID-19 vaccine clinic delivers 10,000th dose
The Smithers vaccine clinic celebrated their 10,000th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today! Huge thanks to the staff who are working hard to make this possible! We would like to thank everyone who...
2020 Jago Award winners: Collaboration
Northern Health (NH) strives to make our values – empathy, respect, collaboration, and innovation – the core of what we do every day. The Dr. Charles Jago Awards, named after our former board c...
Staying local this summer: More Northern BC staycation ideas
Many Northerners – including NH staff – are staying close to home this summer! Check out these staff staycation ideas for exploring local spots in our beautiful backyard! Discovering local hiki...
CT scanner officially unveiled in Smithers
On Friday, July 12, 2019, the Bulkley Valley District Hospital (BVDH) and the Bulkley Valley Healthcare Foundation celebrated the opening of the new computerized tomography (CT) scanner at the hospita...
Success in Smithers: How cross-training and staff education has led to a fully staffed, skilled primary health care team
Over the last couple of years, the primary health care team in Smithers has been struggling to get to a point where they have a complete number of staff. Today, we’re happy to say that all primary c...
What are Aboriginal Patient Liaisons and what do they do?
Maybe you’ve seen their smiling faces on a TV screen at one of our hospitals or maybe you’ve heard the term “APL,” but you’re still not sure what exactly Aboriginal Patient Liaisons are, muc...