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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Lukac, MPH October 2016
... latent) has increased nearly fivefold from 2010 to 2015 in BC, and is projected to further increase in 2016 ( Figure 1 ... infectious syphilis cases diagnosed in pregnant women in BC. No congenital syphilis cases have been reported since ... (e.g., those with new sexual partners).[ 5 ] The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) offers testing reminders ...
News / BY: Dirk van Niekerk, MD, FRCPC October 2016
In June 2016 the BC Cancer Agency released updated recommendations for ... be decreased STI screening rates among young women in BC. This trend was observed in Ontario by Bogler and ... for public health to promote engagement. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) provides provincial ...
News October 2016
Doctors of BC is calling for nominations of members in good standing for the following 2017 awards. Doctors of BC Silver Medal of Service Criteria for nominees include any ... For more information, visit www.doctorsofbc.ca/resource-centre/awards-scholarships . Don B Rix Award for Physician ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD July/August 2016
... within the room. Tools for situational awareness in BC National smoke forecasts: ... and rescue medications before the fire season begins. The BC Centre for Disease Control leads internationally recognized ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... naturalized or not, to prisoner-of-war camps in the BC Interior, and a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on these ... to pack one suitcase and be transported to a detention centre in Hastings Park—the Pacific National Exhibition in ... was licensed by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. He opened an office in Vancouver and practised there ...
Premise / BY: A.W. Battison, MD June 2016
... have shown that only 3% of rural emergency departments in BC have access to CT and only 12% have 24-hour access to an ... 20 km east of Cape Town. It serves as the referral centre for many of the community hospitals located in the ... and made us grateful for the health care system we have in BC. We highly recommend a rotation in South Africa to ...
News June 2016
A new BC Guideline developed by Child Health BC in collaboration with the Guidelines and Protocols ... Send all patients and families to an asthma education centre to learn self-management (where available). Given that ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jasmine Grewal, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... operates at St. Paul’s Hospital in collaboration with BC Women’s Hospital ( Figure 1 ). The Cardiac Obstetric ... fashion. Many patients are referred from other parts of BC, and whenever possible support is given so that women with ... is essential that evaluation and management proceed in a centre with expertise in the management of both CHD and PAH. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Karen LeComte, MSN, RN September 2016
... pediatric care provided through the Children’s Heart Centre at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) and adult care provided ... the growing population of adults with CHD throughout BC, a closer-to-home care model, patterned on the success of ...
News September 2016
Three BC physicians were among the group of 16 civic leaders ... Columbia, the province’s highest honor. The Order of BC recognizes persons who have served with distinction and ... to be allowed liver transplantation. Dr Yoshida built a centre for excellence in liver disease that provides ...