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Obituaries / BY: William Akeroyd, MD January/February 2022
My dear friend Rob passed away at home in his bedroom ... in 1968 in first-year premed at the University of Toronto (my God, we were only 18) and became lifelong friends. In 1972 ... accepted into the rotating intern program at St. Paul’s Hospital. We also discovered Whistler. Our first job after ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
... who support and care for you. I wrote an editorial about my work family in the April 2019 issue of the BCMJ titled ... City family practice” [ 2019;61:106 ]. Considering my current situation, I thought it was time to revisit this ... in my office immediately covered my on-call duties and hospital rounds. I asked once and it was done. Taking this ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2022
... Ladner? I am, I grew up here. I grew up in Tsawwassen. Oh my gosh. Really, what a small world. I’m guessing, maybe a ... speaking of Ladner, tell me a bit about your upbringing? My whole family on my mother’s side, so my grandmother and ... I was a solo practitioner but grew into doing a lot more hospital-based medicine, and then locums as opposed to ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... or computer. As an allergist working at BC Children’s Hospital, I have treated many young patients who thought they ... often incorrectly diagnosed in childhood. One study that my team conducted revealed that 93% of over 100 participating ... ( https://app.firstline.org/en/clients/39-bc-womens-hospital/steps/40356 ). The Firstline mobile platform is used ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2022
... interesting to note that in the ’90s, not a single hospital was built, that 1600 full-time nursing positions ... Like many, I am suffering from COVID fatigue. I’ve had my three vaccine doses and have also had multiple (negative) ... have been negligent and need to be held accountable. In my early years in Canada, there was no shortage of nurses, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nicole J. Todd, MD, FRCSC March 2022
... BC, and the Complex Contraception Clinic at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. My intention is to help nurses, nurse practitioners, family ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2022
... this letter, three more clinics in Victoria have closed. My own family physician, Dr G. Zabakolas, an excellent ... A Kamloops woman died in the waiting room of Royal Inland Hospital’s emergency department last September.[ 3 ] In the ... family physicians kept patients with minor ailments out of hospital emergency rooms. Serious medical issues were ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
... come in and take on patient panels right now. . . . Mark my words, you are never going to see a new privately built ... Starting a career in such a fashion contrasts sharply with my own debut as a GP locum in 1986. Following completion of a ... as much responsibility as they wished. They covered the hospital emergency, performed minor surgeries, assisted at ...
Letters / BY: Barbara Macleod, MD June 2022
... BCMJ [ 2022;64:53-54 ]—having to deal with a shortage of hospital beds, overcrowded emergency rooms, long wait lists, and needing to fight for my patients to get proper medical care. I am frustrated with ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2022
... reason. As a full-service family physician, I and many of my colleagues feel this crisis on a daily basis. Although ... website to find specialists who will be able to see my patients in a timely fashion. It seems that specialists in ... no psychiatrists in private practice. They all work in the hospital or mental health units funded by the health ...