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Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2016
... calls and take the sick to the small Fountain Red Cross hospital or transport them to the hospital in Lytton. He ... Historical Society. That same year he wrote his biography, My Sixty Years in Canada a fascinating read. Dr Miyazaki’s ... was a good guy. I know that Ma Murray would echo my words with “and that’s for damn sure.” A note on ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2016
While attending the St. Paul’s Hospital CME Conference for Primary Care Physicians in ... 2015, I realized that it had been a long time since my last educational meeting—aside from our monthly ... and I look forward to every clinical pearl that might come my way. Eyes facing forward, sitting at attention, I hang on ...
Letters / BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC March 2016
... on the medical and surgical wards of a busy teaching hospital for over 20 years, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the ... ]. The algorithm they provided is consistent with my approach.  It was unfortunate that the management of the ... illness and refused treatment for either of them. In my opinion it would be important to treat his HIV infection ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Lynskey, MD, March 2016
I was recently trying to complete my reappointment for Vancouver Coastal Health via a website ... registered with a new ID and password. I tried to complete my reappointment but was asked for my Cactus ID. I tried my ... an ID and password to log in to the computer system at our hospital (PRGH). There is another ID and password to log in ...
Letters / BY: Bruce Nicolson, MD March 2016
Last June, while attending a meeting of my colleagues, I referenced Marcus Welby to underscore a ... that underfunded maintenance of fully staffed offices and hospital participation in all its forms, fueled a business ... done in this area. The pressure is on to act quickly. To my younger colleagues I would offer the following advice. ...
Letters / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS December 2016
... department or walk-in initiated by the patient without my knowledge as “unscheduled.” Responding to a patient using the Medeo platform on my iPhone took approximately 2 minutes per instance, ... to conduct this kind of research. The Vernon Jubilee Hospital does not fall into this category. —Hamish Hwang, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS October 2016
... department (ED) or walk-in clinic and readmission to hospital.[ 3 , 5 , 6 ] Readmission rates for ambulatory ... I was able to have antibiotics without going to see my doctor.” “I found it amazing, very comforting to know my wounds were fine and not have to worry about whether they ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... policy is not based on evidence, but on an assumption that hospital-acquired influenza is a significant threat to ... compulsory policy, stating that they did not explain “to my satisfaction, or to my understanding, why masking should not be required ...
News / BY: Paul M. Gelpke, MB, FRCPE, FACC, May 2016
Dr Norman H. Gelpke, my brother, was a well-known North Shore orthopaedic surgeon. ... and graduated from the University of London (St Mary’s Hospital Medical School). He was an outstanding gymnast and ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2016
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Sun rays hit the room. Max the cat is in my face whining to be let out. Baby’s foot is in my ear. Hubby is snoring. It’s 5:30 a.m. Good morning! Here ... do obstetrics and I have only associate privileges at the hospital. My dreams of being Superdoc …gone? Back in the ...