April

The following Doctors of BC members died between March 2022 and February 2023. Thank you to their families for sharing this information with the Membership Department. If you knew any of the deceased, please consider submitting an obituary for the BCMJ to journal@doctorsofbc.ca.

In her January/February editorial, Dr Caitlin Dunne points out that there is no good evidence for adding vitamins or supplements to most people’s diet [BCMJ 2023;65:4]. People are misled to believe there is a benefit and fall victim to the relentless power of advertising.

British Columbia is the first province in Canada to make prescription birth control free to its residents. Starting 1 April 2023, PharmaCare will cover the full cost of many prescription contraceptives, including:

The Doctors of BC 2022 Report to Members summarizes the efforts of hundreds of BC doctors working on the dozens of committees, the Board, and the Representative Assembly, as well as the dedicated team at Doctors of BC that supports them. This year the report illustrates the vast scope of work with a timeline that stretches along the bottom of 21 pages, showing the association’s continuing efforts on behalf of all physicians.