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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... stigma of infertility. This is the third issue of the BC Medical Journal in which I have had the privilege of being ... —Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC Co-Director, Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine Editorials Guest editorial: ...
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 ...
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 ... test; it must be ordered following discussion with the BC Centre for Disease Control. A positive C6 peptide EIA still ...
News December 2020
The Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s Rural Site Visits project is compiling ...
Premise / BY: H.M.K. McGillivray, BSc December 2020
... detection leading to a better prognosis. The costs The BC Ministry of Health will spend approximately $21 billion in ... as the demand for diagnostic imaging is increasing. In BC alone, funding for MRI scans was recently increased by 20% ... recently announced that a new regional cancer treatment centre in Surrey will have two PET/CT scanners, including a ...
MDs To Be / BY: Anita Weng, BSc December 2020
... occur in small- to midsized communities.[ 2 , 3 ] The BC Coroners Service reports that the illegal drug overdose ... For example, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC states that comprehensive evaluation of the patient, ... for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Meghan McLennan, BSc, MLT December 2020
... testing. In September 2020, collection centres across BC started offering saline gargle as an alternative to ... resulted in a global shortage of NP swabs, including in BC. The ability to test hinged on the ability to obtain NP ... Hospitals —Michael Donoghue Senior Project Manager, UBC Centre for Disease Control —Linda Hoang, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC ...
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