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News May 2017
... of the new St. Paul’s at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre. The medical centre will be a purpose-built, fully integrated health ... Heart Centre, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and other centres of ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... held 9 and 10 March 2017 in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, activities, and outcomes under ... of the spectrum of antenatal and early childhood care in BC. The physicians present agreed to write a letter to the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tania Morrison, MHSc, RD June 2017
Over 1 in 10 households in BC are food insecure, and approximately 1 in 6 children under ...  showed that the majority of food-insecure households in BC are employed (65%), and a minority (15%) are receiving ... Morrison, MHSc, RD Population and Public Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, PHSA —Melanie Kurrein, MA, RD ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD June 2017
... to the fore the perilous state of general practice in BC. Congratulations to Dr Brown for having the courage to ... using some of this money to create a one-stop medical centre. Perhaps to keep the stench of government bureaucracy ...
News June 2017
A team of BC doctors are working to open a multidisciplinary provincial centre for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). ... Gastroenterologist Brian Bressler is leading a team of BC-based gastroenterologists, IBD researchers, and members of ...
Obituaries / BY: Jason Sartor, MD June 2017
... Jim accepted a position at the Cancer Control Agency of BC (the precursor to the BC Cancer Agency). It was here that he would develop his ... to 1984 and oversaw the opening of the BC Cancer Research Centre in the old McGavin’s Bakery building in 1979. Here ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... C-14 on 16 June 2016 and it became law on 17 June.[ 1 ]  BC implementation During the period before Bill C-14 became ... the practice standards for all college registrants in BC are uniform, as are the procedures, forms, and ... Island. Island Health has set up a MAID coordinating centre with public access via e-mail and voicemail. In common ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc July/August 2017
Background The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) is the sole provider of radiotherapy ... a major role in administering systemic therapy. The BCCA Centre for the North treats residents from all over Northern BC, which covers 600 000 km 2 . In 2013 there were 613 cancer ...
News July/August 2017
Two rural BC physicians and three community organizations in Fort St. ... to rural medical practice by Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc). The physicians were honored for contributions ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
3 June 2017, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC To kick off the meeting, Mr Allan Seckel, CEO of Doctors of BC, informed the assembled members that Dr Michael Golbey’s ... Sometimes circumstances—such as suddenly being in the centre of job action—provide the incentive and the ...