In 2024, Northern Health (NH) welcomed the first associate physicians (APs) to the region, with the goal of hiring more to support primary care in Northern facilities.
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Northern Health has identified multiple lab-confirmed cases of measles in the Northeast BC. community of Wonowon, located approximately 89 km Northwest of Fort St. John.
Seniors in Prince George will soon have access to more long-term care as construction starts on a new long-term care village.
Once built, the new home will provide 200 new beds for seniors, with an eight-bed geriatric psychiatry unit. A new 30-person adult day program will include services that support seniors’ living in the community by providing social interaction, activities and a sense of community, reducing loneliness and isolation.
The new hospital in Fort St. James is now called Nats’oojeh [Nat-Soo-Jay] Hospital and Health Centre, reflecting the Dakelh First Nations heritage.
