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News September 2024
... in the health care system and in communities throughout BC, and we can continue to manage COVID-19 without the need ... and contracted facilities, and includes doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, volunteers, and ... registry to ensure reporting is consistent throughout BC. The requirement to report will be phased in, beginning ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC November 2024
... fractious world that is distrusting of authority, doctors are still trusted by more than 90% of Canadians. How ... We hear how much they value their encounters with doctors and how much it means to them when we simply do our ... hope. In that spirit of hope and togetherness, Doctors of BC and the profession need your energy and your voice. In ...
Letters / BY: York N. Hsiang, MB ChB, MHSc, FRCSC October 2024
... Health Professions Act (1990), and to address racism in BC health care, the Health Professions and Occupations Act ... of vaccine or transmissible disease. Unfortunately, Doctors of BC was only minimally involved in this legislation. Only 56 members (out of 14  000 doctors) commented on the steering committee’s proposals ...
Obituaries / BY: Gillian Hodge, MD January/February 2024
... He took up a position in Bella Bella, a small island on BC’s Central Coast, in the R.W. Large Memorial Hospital ... and helped staff the hospital, as did all the local doctors. He did ward rounds on his patients, delivered many ... staffed by excellent federal nurses but no visiting doctors. The volunteer medical services he provided in his ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... British Columbia.[ 1 ] Data from 2011 indicated that, in BC, women who resided more than 1 hour from a hospital that ... have a long history of providing surgical care in rural BC. In 2007, the enhanced surgical skills and obstetrical ... data for the 2021–2022 fiscal year were obtained from Doctors of BC for all procedures billed by family physicians ...
News / BY: Jessica Cavers May 2023
Now more than ever, Doctors of BC wants to showcase the amazing work being done by doctors across the province and recognize the individuals who ...
Obituaries / BY: Shelley Ross, MD September 2023
... in the 75+ age group. She won many seniors tournaments in BC and some in the Pacific Northwest. She was privileged to ... am Wörthersee, Austria, in 2002. She was president of the BC Senior Women’s Committee, represented BC on the PNW ... for 25 years. The latter enabled her to compete with doctors from many different countries. At age 88, Dr ...
News / BY: Hali Stus October 2023
... illness insurance for your spouse, speak with one of the Doctors of BC insurance advisors to discuss coverage options that best ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... built. Traditionally, a health care team was made up of doctors and nurses. Other positions have been added over time ... for Health Information.[ 4 ] This overview compares BC’s and Manitoba’s performance in using advanced ... of available positions for each role (December 2022 for BC and Manitoba; March 2023 for Alberta and Saskatchewan).[ ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... Physician Payment Model, developed in consultation with BC Family Doctors and Doctors of BC.[ 1 ] It addresses the lack of adequate paid ...