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President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD November 2020
... of discriminatory games played in some emergency rooms in BC, the majority of us recoiled in shock, disbelief, and ... it was my very great pleasure to participate in the BC Physician Integration Program orientation for ... introduced many aspects of health care delivery here in BC, including an introduction to Indigenous health, cultural ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Abigail Steinberg, MD November 2020
... but pulmonary infection cannot be excluded.[ 2 ] The BC Centre for Disease Control has coordinated surveillance of VALI in BC. By February 2020, 2807 hospitalizations and 68 deaths due ... Agency of Canada.[ 4 ] Five VALI cases were reported in BC: one confirmed and four probable. Cases were identified in ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Naomi Dove, MD, MPH, FRCPC November 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring, BC proactively suspended in-class instruction for ... under 19 years accounted for approximately 9% of total BC cases (but 20% of the population) and no deaths.[ 4 ] If ... has been questioned. Experiences globally and within BC suggest that schools can be opened safely without ...
News November 2020
At its meeting held 10–11 September 2020, the Doctors of BC Board of Directors approved appointments to the new ... into implementation of recommendations from the Doctors of BC Diversity and Inclusion Barrier Assessment report and ... a high-level diversity vision statement for Doctors of BC. Members of the working group are: Dr Derek Chang Dr ...
News, COVID-19 November 2020
A report from BC Family Doctors, Reimagining Family Medicine: Learning from ... the health system can be nimble when faced with a crisis. BC Family Doctors brought together a group of family ... the report at https://bcfamilydocs.ca/pandemic-report . BC Family Doctors advocates for family physicians across BC, ...
News November 2020
Following a year of consultations between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, the ministry is now offering BC doctors a number of new contract options for interested ... circumstances. The ministry consulted with Doctors of BC during the development of the contracts. For detailed ...
Obituaries / BY: R.L. Moore, MD, FRCPC November 2020
... Hospital from 1984–86, sat on the executive of the BC Anesthesiologists’ Society from 1982–87 (including as ...
Obituaries / BY: Grant Gibbings, MD November 2020
... and he was part of the great green-and-white wave at BC Lions games. He never forgot his Saskatchewan roots. Stan ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ian Waters, MD November 2020
... has risen from 4 years in 1960 to 52 years in 2018. In BC in 2020, 62% of residents with cystic fibrosis (CF) are ... and innovation (Q&I) project called Cystic Fibrosis in BC: Optimizing care across the age continuum. I was part of his team, and for more than 3 years, alongside BC CF representatives, PHSA administrators, specialists, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sympascho Young, MD December 2020
... 2018 were from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.[ 2 ] In BC, the trend is reversed: the number of reported cases ... has recently traveled to an endemic area. Endemic areas in BC include Vancouver Island, the mainland coast across from ... the southern mainland, and the river valleys in southern BC.[ 11 ] Endemic areas throughout North America and Europe ...