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February 4 2015

Powell River to gain 21 residential care beds

Vancouver, BC – Willingdon Creek Village will have 21 more beds than its predecessor Olive Devaud as well as additional nursing staff when it opens in late March 2015.

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January 15 2015

G.F. Strong becomes first in BC to use bionic exoskeleton in daily rehabilitation

Vancouver, BC – If you suffered a stroke or paralyzing injury in 1949—the year G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre first opened—treatment at the time would have ranged from electric currents and heavy steel braces to massage and mineral baths. Sixty-five years later rehabilitation has drastically evolved thanks to the donation of an Ekso Bionics exoskeleton to GFS, which is helping to rehabilitate patients with mobility impairments.

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