To help celebrate the launch of Heart Month in February, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and Pender Harbour District Health Centre are launching the newest community patient and family resource centre in Pender Harbour.
Patient and family resource centres are formed through a partnership between the Heart and Stroke Foundation and various hospitals across B.C. that have joined together to develop a hospital-based patient, family focused centre for cardiovascular disease support.These centres are for patients, their families, and health professionals to help them learn more about cardiovascular and vascular disease, and to provide education and resources where and when patients and families need it most.
Each resource centre is set up with information pamphlets, models, posters, videos, and computer-based resources.Throughout B.C., there are already 14 PFRCs located in Prince George, Quensel, Kamloops, Victoria, Nanaimo, Campbell River, Surrey, Richmond, and Vancouver.
The Pender Harbour and District Health Centre (PHHC), a non-for-profit society, has been offering one-stop health care services for more than 30 years.PHHC does not operate under the regional health authority, the centre is owned and operated by the Pender Harbour and District Health Centre Society.
The opening of this new patient and family resource centre at Pender Harbour and District Health Centre will provide the residents, patients, their families, and health professionals a central location to find relevant heart health information in a convenient, professional and supportive environment.
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