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Obituaries / BY: B. De Freitas, MDCM, FRCPC January/February 2021
... some afternoons to the New Westminster Mental Health Centre. He retired from hospital practice at age 75 but ... 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 ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD January/February 2021
... administered in record time. Physicians were front and centre in that effort, from planning to execution. And we ... 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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control, COVID-19 / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC January/February 2021
... COVID-19 pandemic, sweeping measures were implemented in BC, such as closing nonessential services and reducing ... range of effects stemming from the response measures, BC public health leaders established the Unintended ... society.  —Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC BC Centre for Disease Control —Naomi Dove, MD, MPH, FRCPC ...
News, COVID-19 March 2021
The BC Centre for Disease Control and the BC Ministry of Health have produced the BC Care Bundle for Supporting High-Risk Patients During ...
Obituaries / BY: Nancy Kent, MD April 2021
... mentor, and a dear friend and treasured colleague at BC Women’s Hospital. Leanne was born in August 1972 and ... Leanne began her maternal fetal medicine fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital and a Master of Health Sciences in ... challenges of balancing work in an academic tertiary care centre with her roles of wife, mother, friend, colleague, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2021
The spike in overdose deaths in BC due to COVID-19 serves as a reminder that the lack of ... One of the cornerstones of harm-reduction services in BC is the Take Home Naloxone (THN) program created in 2012. ... to reduce morbidity and mortality among PWUD. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) harm-reduction team ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Giselle Hunt, BSc May 2021
... and provides information on when and how to access the BC Women’s Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis to obtain ... referring to a fertility clinic is recommended.[ 27 ] The BC Women’s Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis is an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... injuries.[ 1 ] Parachute and Alberta’s Injury Prevention Centre found that between the 2008–09 and 2018–19 fiscal ... 7 , 8 ] The per capita cost of suicide and self-harm in BC is higher for youth than for adults,[ 6 , 9 ] at $216 ... a mental health diagnosis is a factor.[ 3 ] In 2003, the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development introduced the ...
News May 2021
... on Rural Issues (JSC), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, has announced significant changes to the Rural ... in August 2018. Facilitated by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, nearly 600 rural physicians were consulted via ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... raised concern among Canadian and US health agencies, the BC Centre for Disease Control among them.[ 3 ] Indeed, class ... there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] What do we do now? The BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this ...