Part 11: Health Care
Of
all the problems and fears faced by the early settlers, the almost
complete lack of health care was probably the most worrying.
A shelter could always be built and food could always be grown
or hunted. But a child's sickness or a difficult birth or an
accident could easily become a family tragedy. In the absense
of doctors and hospitals, people had to rely on their neighbours
and many pioneer women owed their lives to native women skilled
in simple healing methods. It was not until the early 1920's
that the first Red Cross oupost hospital opened in Pouce Coupe
and it was not unusual for women to make 100 mile trips in winter
to have their babies in the new facility. The picture above dates
from about 1974 and was taken in St. Joseph's Hospital in Dawson
Creek.
11-01: Beginnings of a Hospital in Peace River Town
11-02: A Pioneer Community Hospital, Peace River Town
11-03: Providence Hospital, Fort St. John
11-04: Origins of the Pouce Coupe Hospital
11-05: The Chetwynd Hospital
11-06: Nursing in the Red Cross Outpost Hospital
11-07: Being a Patient at the Outpost Hospital
11-08: St. Martin Hospital, Demarais Mission, Alberta
11-09: Sacred Heart Hospital, McLennan
11-10: Providence Hospital, High Prairie
11-11: The First Dawson Creek Hospital
11-12: New St. Joseph Hospital Opens in Dawson Creek
11-13: Annie Higbee, Pioneer Doctor
11-14: Dr. E. G. Hollies of Pouce Coupe
11-15: A Pioneer Doctor's Wife Remembers
11-16: Dr. John B.T. Wood
11-17: Nancy Dunn, First Public Health Nurse
11-18: Nurse Thankful for a Healthy Place to Work
11-19: Dawson Creek Branch of the Red Cross
11-20: Is There a Dentist in Town?
11-21: The Dawson Creek Hospital
Recent History - 1998
BN11-01: First Patient Scanned in Dawson Creek
BN11-02: Dawson Creek Hospital gets new Ventilator
BN11-03: Chetwynd Hospital gets major upgrade
BN11-04: South Peace Health Council Update, Dec '98
BN11-05: Two Appointments to South Peace Health Council
Recent History - 1999
BN11-06: MRI Units for Grande Prairie
BN11-07: Rotary Manor Add-on over Budget
BN11-08: Orthopedics Program suspended
BN11-09: The Dawson Creek and District Hospital Foundation
BN11-10: SPCRS Celebrates 25th Anniversary
BN11-11: Web site for Waiting Lists established
BN11-12: Mental Health Services plagued by funding problems
BN11-13: Physiotherapy Clinic best in British Columbia
BN11-14: Youth drug use rates up
BN11-15: Health Care in Trouble
Recent History - 2000
BN11-16: Food Services to be consolidated at new Rotary Manor
BN11-17: Dawson Creek Hospital in line for new CT Scan equipment
BN11-18: Bob Clapp an ambassador for Epilepsy
BN11-19: Nurse Training may expand locally
BN11-20: TeleMentalHealth announced
BN11-21: Health Care bodies at odds over money
BN11-22: Surgical services in jeopardy, doctor warns
BN11-23: Hospital Operating Rooms reopen after renovations
Recent History -- 2001
BN11-24: The Water is Safe
BN11-25: Draft Three Year Plan for Health Services in Region
BN11-26: Federal Funding for Telemental Health Services
BN11-27: New CAT Scanner on order for Dawson Creek and District Hospital
BN11-28: Arleene Thorpe Named to Federal Rural Health Committee
BN11-29: Housing Complex Opens on 102nd Avenue
BN11-30: Progress being made on new Rotary Manor building
BN11-31: New Health Regions Created
Recent History -- 2002
BN11-32: Hospice House
BN11-33: Chetwynd Hospital Not Likely to Close according to Mayor
BN11-34: Funding for anti-violence program cut by government
BN11-35: Province gives Child Development Centre $21,000
BN11-36: Society to manage Southview housing complex
BN11-37: Letter writing campaign protests health service cuts
BN11-38: Hospital, senior's homes food service slammed
BN11-39: Health care concerns strongly voiced at public meeting
BN11-40: New Rotary Manor opens
Recent History -- 2003
BN11-41: Hospital gets boost from Auxiliary
BN11-42: Maternity lounge opened in hospital
BN11-43: Crowd of more than 200 support Peace River Haven service
BN11-44: New drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre needed
BN11-45: New help for fractures
BN11-46: Telemetry Heart Monitor purchased
BN11-47: Packed House at Peace River Haven meeting
BN11-48: Peace Haven Gatekeepers meet with NHA
Recent History -- 2004 to
BN11-49: Seniors' Activity Program marks first year
BN11-50: Needle Exchange hopes to move to downtown site
BN11-51: Peace Haven's future still not clear
BN11-52: Assisted Living facility likely to be in Dawson Creek
BN11-53: DCSCL wants building finished this year
BN11-54: Northern Health asked for Detox Centre
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