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Population Health (Richmond Health Department)
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- Cardiology
- Chemotherapy
- ENT
- Gastro-enterology
- General Surgeon
- Gynaecology
- Neurologist
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Plastic Surgery
- Psychiatrist
- Vascular Surgeon
Description
The Richmond Health Department is a community health centre that oversees health promotion and nutrtion hearing speech amp language therapy environmental health community care facilities licensing control of communicable diseases and primary care for child youth and families
History
During the 1990s as part of the health reform process in the Province of British Columbia the Ministry of Health delegated more authority to regions throughout the province to administer health services according to local needs
As part of this process the Richmond health region was formed under the governance of the Richmond Health Board in 1994
Following a further policy change in the health reform process some regions were merged with others and Richmond merged with Vancouver on April 1 1997 forming a new region under the VancouverRichmond Health Board
To start the process of bringing together the various health services under one administration and integrating operations The Richmond Hospital amalgamated with the Health Board and came under the governance of Richmond Health Services on May 1 1997 Click on this link for the hospitals history
The Richmond Health Department was transferred from the City of Richmond to Richmond Health Services on June 1 1997 Click on this link to reach the history of public health in Richmond
Richmond Lions Manor was amalgamated on November 1 1997
Richmondbased staff of the Greater Vancouver Mental Health Services Society were transferred on October 15 1999
Richmond Kinsmen Home Support Society staff transferred on April 1 2000
Richmond staff of Paramed Home Support transferred on July 1 2001
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