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“Health” requires more than health care for people in supportive housing

We read with interest the article “Health care in supportive housing facilities”[1] by Dr Gibson and colleagues, published in the May issue of the BC Medical Journal. While we share the authors’... Read More

Cluster of respiratory illness in British Columbia linked to poor air quality at an indoor ice arena: A case report

Case data On 12 February 2019, a hospitalist physician at the Kelowna General Hospital contacted the Interior Health on-call medical health officer (MHO) to report a cluster of respiratory illness.[1] A 56-year-old... Read More

Tackling stigma directed toward people who use substances during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experience from a rural health authority in British Columbia

ABSTRACT: On 16 April 2022, the province of British Columbia will enter its 7th year of the public health overdose emergency. An increasingly toxic drug supply coupled with stigma toward people who use drugs... Read More