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Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2021
In BC, doctors have a unique opportunity to get involved with ... first-of-its-kind partnership in Canada between Doctors of BC and the BC government. The JCCs bring together doctors, ... medical staff associations, and the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) to take a grassroots approach to enhance ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC May 2021
... were found in 20% of opioid samples checked by the BC Centre on Substance Use and 50% of samples from the Vancouver ... were detected in 50% of illicit drug toxicity deaths in BC in December 2020 and January 2021.[ 2 ] Benzodiazepines ...
MDs To Be / BY: Raiya Suleman, BHSc May 2021
... age of 80 report feelings of loneliness.[ 6 ] While the BC government recognizes the importance of social and ... that target social isolation.[ 7 ] Additionally, the 2019 BC Centre for Disease Control report on social isolation ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... of delay was previously documented at another Canadian centre, where mean time from injury to ACL reconstruction was ... received a clinical research stimulus award from the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute to help cover ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB June 2021
... is built.” Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson of the BC Supreme Court made this statement in November 2005. This month, Justice John Steeves’ 2020 BC Supreme Court decision supporting government restrictions ... surgery at the private False Creek Surgical Centre. Our legal challenge began in January 2009. We had ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul R. D’Alessandro, MD, MSc, FRCPC July/August 2021
... by a pediatrician who urgently referred her to our centre. At the time of consultation, her weight and BMI were ... On a subsequent visit, 5 days prior to referral to our centre, the patient disclosed an interval 3-month history of ... peripheral precocity to our tertiary referral centre at BC Children’s Hospital to highlight key concepts for ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD July/August 2021
... from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer, to the BC Centre for Disease Control, to laboratories and testing sites ... many more still to come. —Matthew C. Chow, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Cheerleader-in-chief ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David May, MD, CCFP July/August 2021
... pandemic. According to Statistics Canada, on average, BC’s rural populations are older, poorer, and have a higher ... Health Canada Framework on Palliative Care[ 2 ] and the BC Centre for Palliative Care[ 3 ] address the need for ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Brian Deady, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... 8 , 9 ] but no routine screening has been carried out in BC. Our study sought to address this shortcoming by ... Hospital, a tertiary-care facility in a large urban centre located within the Fraser Health Authority of British ... Conclusions Due to ongoing testing constraints in BC, it was difficult to conduct a study that used lab-based ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2021
... measures. Methods Context This was a prospective, single-centre quality improvement study of drug allergy labeling in ... Specialist Services Committee, a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC Ministry of Health, provided funding for time and project ...