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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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.
There has been an increase in overdose events in the community of Terrace, linked to purple and blue drugs. Overdoses are occurring when these drugs are smoked and injected.
