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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... British Columbia.[ 1 ] Data from 2011 indicated that, in BC, women who resided more than 1 hour from a hospital that ... have a long history of providing surgical care in rural BC. In 2007, the enhanced surgical skills and obstetrical ... to hospital administration, via Rural Coordination Centre of BC staff, and by contacting our professional ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... care leadership. More than 80 health care facilities in BC now have medical staff associations allowing them to ... focus on new models of care that put the patient at the centre, we make things better. When doctors ask for equitable ... functional and sustainable health care system. Doctors of BC recently shared our new strategic plan, developed to guide ...
Obituaries / BY: Gillian Hodge, MD January/February 2024
... He took up a position in Bella Bella, a small island on BC’s Central Coast, in the R.W. Large Memorial Hospital ... of times a year, on his own time, to the remote northwest BC communities of Iskut, Dease Lake, and Telegraph Creek, ... by a 6-month period at the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre. He continued visiting Terrace to do locums for some ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sofia R. Bartlett, PhD March 2024
... elimination are tailored to each region. In July 2023, the BC Ministry of Health announced actions to develop a road map to viral hepatitis elimination in BC.[ 8 ] The road map development is being led by the BCCDC ... —Mona Lee, MPH Consultant, Janice Duddy Consulting BC Centre for Disease Control A road map to viral hepatitis ...
BC Stories / BY: Allison Chung, MD March 2024
... was another of the family’s purchases in Hong Kong. Centre: Dr Chung, 15 March 1981, the day she arrived in ... of the rooster anymore because she can finally read. BC Stories Memories from my childhood ...
Obituaries / BY: Susan Baxter April 2024
... Psychiatry) began long before anyone in BC had even heard of it; this allowed him to bring ... accolades were thrown his way, the most recent being the BC Psychiatric Association’s Distinguished Contribution to ... and never lost sight of the vulnerable, ill person at the centre of it. His sharp intellect, medical acumen, and deep ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC April 2024
... to making things better, together. As part of Doctors of BC’s new 5-year strategic plan, we have made it our mission to “support BC’s doctors to be leaders in delivering and improving ... timely manner. We must put patients and their needs at the centre of every health care conversation. In an increasingly ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah B. Henderson, PhD April 2024
... at the lower concentrations that occur more frequently. In BC, concentrations over 100 µg/m 3 are responsible for less ... between 10 and 30 µg/m 3 [ Figure ] . The climate in BC is changing, and wildfire smoke is starting to dominate ... Epidemiologist, BCCDC Environmental Health Services BC Centre for Disease Control The public health paradox of ...
Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... which was initially presented at the Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s Virtual BC Rural Health Conference 2021.[ 21 ] Further evaluation of ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... prioritize patient access. But Canada—and specifically BC—lags behind many jurisdictions in areas such as hospital ... for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nation. BC has even less—a mere 1.95 hospital beds per 1000 people. ... Government announcements of a new hospital and cancer centre in Surrey; a new tower for Surrey Memorial Hospital; ...