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Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Nickie Mathew, MD, MSc, ABPN, FRCPC, ABPM January/February 2021
... 6000 illicit drug overdose deaths have been reported in BC. A male with the pseudonym John Doe was seen for forensic ... mix of carfentanil, fentanyl, and heroin. Experiences in BC’s illicit drug trade According to John Doe, the main opioid of choice in the BC drug supply is currently carfentanil from China. He ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC March 2021
... look at the 16-week window between doses of vaccines in BC for COVID-19.”   A successful vaccination strategy ... Framework and the accompanying ethics analysis.”[ 16 ] BC Provincial Health Officer Dr Bonnie Henry has announced ... vaccine shortage, such as what we are currently facing in BC, throughout Canada, and around the world. Competing ...
Obituaries / BY: B. De Freitas, MDCM, FRCPC January/February 2021
... as the number of Chinese-speaking immigrants surged in BC. His personal vision and efforts led to the creation (in ... Just before he turned 90, he fired off a letter to the BC Therapeutics Initiative on the harms of statins after ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard James, MD January/February 2021
... This also enabled him to rejoin his immediate family in BC. Dave worked hard and played hard during his residency ...
Letters / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS January/February 2021
... made while family planning.[ 4 ] I am a physician in BC and have undergone multiple treatments for infertility. I ... letters, I have not been successful in convincing the BC Ministry of Health to cover infertility treatments so that ... behind for too long.”[ 6 ] Many infertile patients in BC continue to struggle to afford the high costs of ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... ICU admissions, and deaths in Canada, and BC specifically, have also climbed to the highest levels ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD January/February 2021
... leaders. Women are leading our pandemic response from the BC Provincial Health Office to the Public Health Agency of ... hope and optimism.  —Matthew C. Chow, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment COVID-19 Looking to 2021 ...
News, COVID-19 January/February 2021
... since the announcement of the COVID-19 vaccine, Doctors of BC and a group of family doctors have created a COVID-19 ...
News January/February 2021
A new episode of DocTalks, a Doctors of BC podcast, is now available on the Doctors of BC website and all podcast platforms. In this episode, ...
News January/February 2021
Dr Ramneek Dosanjh, president-elect for 2021 The Doctors of BC Board comprises the president and president-elect, along ... Welsh, director-at-large, family medicine News Doctors of BC elections ...