Beyond Medicine /
BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP
March 2020
... in 2015, and one of its collection centres is at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver. The other three ... with provincial organ donation organizations like BC Transplant. The Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program, ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Alana Godin
March 2020
... to transform primary care and ensure that all patients in BC have access to quality primary health care that meets ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP
March 2020
... Under current provincial estimations, sea levels around BC are projected to rise by 0.5 metre by 2050, and 1.0 metre ... the growing population and limited land availability in BC, displaced residents may find themselves competing with ... In addition, much of the existing health infrastructure in BC will require relocation as a consequence of sea level ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hilary Drake, BSc
March 2020
... not available. The West Kelowna Fire Department and Fortis BC also inspected the arena on the evening of 12 February and ... subsequent air monitoring on 4 March by Technical Safety BC (previously BC Safety Authority) identified levels of carbon monoxide ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc
March 2020
... guidelines for the care of patients and their families. BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) specializes in health care ... care utilization and coordination for 22q11DS patients in BC; to investigate current barriers in data sharing and ... and Rheumatology. We also queried Population Data BC (PopDataBC), the provincial resource for interdisciplinary ...
Obituaries /
BY: Heidi Grogan
April 2020
... He married Nancy McAdam and they lived in various towns in BC with their two children, Heidi and Jonathan. Sadly, his ...
Obituaries /
BY: Judith Cutler, MD
April 2020
... of Toronto, he and Judy left extended family and moved to BC in 1968 to raise a family and begin a lifelong mission of ... thriving coastal community. Barry was president of the BC Surgical Society (1986–87) and president of the Powell ...
Letters /
BY: Marisa Ponzo, MD-PhD, FRCPC
April 2020
... screening can be ordered by sending blood tests to BC Transplant, the laboratory in charge of HLA genotyping. ...
Editorials, COVID-19 /
BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM)
April 2020
... J. Esler, MD Information on COVID-19 from Doctors of BC, updated regularly: www.doctorsofbc.ca/covid-19 ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2020
... years that have passed since this date. Pink Shirt Day in BC took place on 26 February, marked by individuals wearing ...