VANCOUVER – Recipients of the twelfth yearly BC Health Care Awards were declared today at a celebration lunch get-together in Vancouver. Twelve Gold Apple and six Award of Merit beneficiaries were regarded. click here
Introduced by the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC), the honors perceive British Columbians who are giving extraordinary consideration and backing. Grants are given in 11

classifications to ventures improving conveyance through imaginative and collective methodologies and to individuals having a constructive outcome and moving everyone around them.
“BC’s clinical experts – including bolster staff – truly care about conveying quality consideration to British Columbians,” said Michael McMillan, HEABC’s President and CEO. “The BCHC Awards are a chance to perceive and praise the individual and group commitments made by these people.”
New this year – Dianna Mah-Jones Award of Excellence in Person-Centered Care
Named out of appreciation for Dianna Mah-Jones, this honor is for a group or venture that utilizes driving practices to improve care for patients, occupants or customers by concentrating on the requirements of the individual instead of the necessities of the framework or administration. Dianna Mah-Jones, a word related specialist at GF Strong Rehabilitation Center, was unfortunately killed, alongside her better half Richard Jones, only three months in the wake of being named Provincial HC Hero at the 2017 honors. Our expectation is that this ward will assist with keeping her memory and heritage alive by remembering other people who endeavor to convey care that is deferential of the requirements, qualities and inclinations of people.
2018 Gold Apple champs
Common HC Hero and HC Hero – Provincial Health Services Authority
Glenn Braithwaite – District Supervisor, Emergency Coordinator, BCEHS
Glenn Jay Braithwaite is a Paramedic and District Supervisor at BC Ambulance Service, perceived for giving excellent crisis reaction and to his clinical initiative capacities. He’s gotten a few expert awards for his courageous activities, and his extraordinary pledge to patients, partners and the more extensive network.
Common HC Hero and HC Hero – Island Health
Dr. Ramm Hering – Physician Lead, Primary Care Substance Use, Island Health
By energetically and adequately upholding for improved administrations for patients managing substance use and enslavement, Dr. Hering has roused his associates to cooperate to grow new projects and make a proficient, customer focused arrangement of fixation administrations.
HC Hero – Affiliate
Dr. David Agulnik-Emergency Physician, St. Paul’s Hospital
HC Hero – Fraser Health
Mits Miyata – Pharmacy Manager, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services
HC Hero – Interior Health
Lynda Martyn – Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, Coordinator Kelowna Cleft Lip/Palate Clinic
HC Hero – Northern Health
Debbie Strang – Health Services Administrator, Quesnel
HC Hero – Provincial Health Services Authority
Dr. Faisal Khosa – Associate Professor, Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital
Dianna Mah-Jones Award of Excellence in Person-Centered Care
Universal Seating Symposium – Sunny Hill Health Center for Children, Provincial Health Services Authority
The International Seating Symposium has made a universal discussion that encourages a trade of thoughts and a system of shoppers, restoration advisors, doctors, planners, and producers of situating and versatility gear. This has roused enhancements in recovery gear and innovation that have improved versatility, solace and personal satisfaction for individuals with handicaps.