The BC Health Coalition regularly contributes to discussion about public health care issues in the media.
Check out our recent news releases below, along with current "health care in the news" stories. See our For the Media page for media contact information, a high resolution copy of our logo, and other useful information.
Canada's Health Coalitions Warn Cuts Coming to Health Care with Bilateral Health Deals FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9th, 2017 Across Canada-- Canada's Health Coalitions signed a joint statement and held a media conference today on the recent bilateral health care deals and called for a united health accord.…Read More
BC Health Coalition supports safe blood advocates’ call for federal moratorium on licenses to private pay-for-plasma brokers Advocates warn of repeating past tainted blood tragedy, losing control of domestic supply, and slippery slope of profiting from human materials FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 The BC Health Coalition is supporting the call to action from a delegation of safe blood advocates in Ottawa today who are concerned about the safety and integrity of Canada’s voluntary blood system.…Read More
Camille Bains | The Canadian Press VICTORIA - A group that fought to ban pay-for-plasma clinics in Ontario has taken its fight to British Columbia, joining the NDP Opposition in its call against allowing such facilities in the province.…Read More
A private company paying for blood donations has its sights set on B.C. The company operates in Saskatchewan but is banned in Ontario, and now several groups are asking the BC government to do the same. A Duncan family suffered greatly during the tainted blood scandal in the 1980’s. Darlene Taylor’s two sons received blood tainted with hepatitis and HIV. “So the next few years were kind of like hell because our older son died, quite slowly and painfully,” she said.…Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2016 Victoria – A national group representing survivors of the tainted blood tragedy is joining with BC Health Coalition and BC Hemophilia Society advocates today to bring the call for a BC ban on the sale of blood and plasma to the Legislature. The group BloodWatch.org were instrumental in ensuring private plasma company Canadian Plasma Resources (CPR) was banned from operating in Ontario.…Read More