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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christie Wall, MPH April 2025
... drugs continues to impact communities throughout BC. It was the fourth-leading cause of death between June ... and proper ventilation, can be lifesaving. Through the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC’s) Take Home ... provided access to nasal naloxone for Indigenous people in BC without requiring a prescription.[ 3 ] The BCCDC recently ...
Letters / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD June 2025
... letter about our article on new long-term opioid use in BC.[ 1 ] Our understanding is that they are concerned our ... our article, we aimed primarily to describe the specific BC data we had access to, and we were cautious to provide ... 4-year study period.[ 1 ] Our focus was to determine the BC-specific initial opioid prescription practices, as this ...
Letters / BY: Marie Claire Bourque, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABPN November 2025
... routinely don’t get paid for work we’ve done. In BC, the Medical Services Plan (MSP) often doesn’t pay. We ... accrual accounting with that. Forget net 15 or net 30. In BC, with MSP, it’s net WWFLPYD (whenever we feel like ... would pay me for the work I did, when I first moved to BC, I submitted multiple EUCCP claims anyway. Success rate: ...
Obituaries / BY: Gurdeep Parhar, MD January/February 2025
... a residency in obstetrics/gynecology and spent 2 years at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (then Grace Hospital) ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2025
... of women in medicine.[ 3 ]  This year, Doctors of BC celebrates 125 years of advocating for and supporting BC doctors to influence the health care system and create ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD July/August 2025
... and extraordinary all at once. It also reminded me that BC is a province like no other—rich in natural beauty and ... take to become ambassadors for EDI? At Doctors of BC, we continue to advance EDI in our work through policy ... These are just a few of the initiatives that Doctors of BC has undertaken to address EDI. It’s an ongoing journey, ...
News / BY: Meribeth Burton December 2025
... experience is all too common. That’s why SWITCH BC partnered with Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health to develop medical office staff ... Speaking about the de-escalation tools, Doctors of BC President Dr Charlene Lui emphasized the central role that ...
Obituaries / BY: Megan Richards March 2025
... of Dr Frances Mary Forrest-Richards, age 101, in Victoria, BC, on 14 January 2025. Frances defied convention with her ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael Joseph Lee, PhD June 2025
... species to thrive in new regions. Cyanobacteria in BC In BC, there is a poor understanding of the burden of illness ... symptoms.[ 9 ] Nevertheless, from 2012 to 2024, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre recorded 34 calls about ...
Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon October 2025
... In addition to working as a general pediatrician at BC Children’s Hospital, Dr Kang works with the Social ...