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As a result of recommendations made by the Foulkes Commission's report on health care, titled "Health Security for British Columbians" released in 1973, the Government of British Columbia created the Emergency Health Services Commission (EHSC), which in turn created the BC Ambulance Service on July 4, 1974.
BC Emergency Health Services; First Nations' Emergency Services Society of British Columbia; Municipal/regional. North Island 911 Corporation, provides 9-1-1 service to North Vancouver Island; Victoria Operations Communication Centre provides 9-1-1 service to Greater Victoria; VECTOR, Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization
Fraser Health's Abbotsford Regional Hospital provides community hospital services to Abbotsford residents and regional services to about 330,000 residents of the eastern Fraser Valley. [5] These services include: 24/7 Emergency Medicine; Surgery; Medical imaging, including MRI, CT scanning; Cardiac services
Responsibility for emergency medical services (EMS), as a part of health care in general, lies with the provinces and territories of Canada. With the exceptions of British Columbia and Alberta , which operate their EMS services directly, the method used for service delivery varies between jurisdictions.
A number of search and rescue teams in BC are also trained and equipped for using the Helicopter Flight Rescue System to aid in rescuing people from dangerous or remote terrain. In 2005 there were 93 individual SAR teams in the province, comprising approximately 4700 volunteers, and conducting an average of 900 operations per year, locating an ...
HealthLinkBC is a government-funded telehealth service launched in 2001, which provides non-emergency health information to the residents of British Columbia, Canada through combined telephone, internet, mobile app, and print resources. [1] [2] HealthLink BC has two dedicated phone numbers 8-1-1 and 7-1-1 for deaf and hard of hearing callers. [3]
E-Comm 9-1-1 is a multi-municipality agency that provides emergency communications for British Columbia.The company coordinates 9-1-1 PSAP answering service for police, fire, and ambulance services in all of the province of BC, excluding the City of Nelson.
Fraser Health Authority is the largest health authority in British Columbia by population, [1] and operates 13 hospitals in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Facility name