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Obituaries / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD June 2015
... and as director of the neuro-services unit at Royal Inland Hospital. Later in life Dr Singh was asked to come back to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops as the medical chief of staff. Besides ... enriched, and he will be missed by us all. Rest in peace my brother and friend. —Arun Kumar Garg, MD New Westminster ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... year the young medical graduate headed to Queen’s Hospital in Honolulu to complete a 1-year internship. It was ... Alberta. Medical practice was a tapestry of clinic and hospital time, house calls, all-hours emergency care, ... of general practice. Whatever it was, goosebumps grow on my skin as I now sit and listen to the tales of the young ...
Obituaries / BY: John Sloan, MSc, MD, FCFP May 2015
... 35 years ago. It was over the phone and I had never in my life heard such an intelligent, relaxed, and effortlessly ... (I couldn’t). As a family physician at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dr Clark was universally liked and respected among ... Board Medical Review Panels. When I did a locum for him in my first year of practice, I found an office that was ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2015
... system that infringes upon the rights of patients are, in my view, in violation of all ethical standards. That ... sexual discrimination, are examples that have existed in my lifetime. Our current health system, and the laws that ... Dr Charles Wright is a former VP at the Vancouver Hospital, consultant to the BC Ministry of Health, and member ...
MDs To Be / BY: Cynthia Kong, December 2015
... to access the resources they needed. I had just finished my rural family medicine rotation and, riding on the ... as a city girl, so rural medicine was the last thing on my radar when I started medical school. But now I think there ... of a medical emergency are finding support to arrange a hospital transfer and making the transportation happen. As I ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack Chritchley, MD, FRCPC, June 2015
... was the director of medical oncology at Shaughnessy Hospital in the 1980s and took that clinic to the Burnaby Hospital in the 1990s. During those years he was also a ... chief of oncology for the Bermuda Hospitals Board. Most of my personal memories of Terry stem from our days on the BC ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD September 2015
... with some serious health issues that forced me to leave my practice for about 9 months. I have just returned and all ... supports, family, and friends when the need arises. My office partners, busy and already overworked, never showed ... them just to make sure I was okay. My department head and hospital administrators were willing to help with some ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2015
... into action when the loud voice reverberated through the hospital corridors. Grabbing my white coat I sprinted down the hall, stethoscope trailing in my jet stream, startled visitors and knowing staff scattered ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, MD June 2015
... Essays by Sir William Osler The doors to the Fort St. John Hospital slide open and I brush the snow off my shoulders and stomp my boots. I say hello to the passing housekeeping staff ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Blackman, MD, September 2015
... After completing an internship at the Royal Columbian Hospital he ran a full-spectrum family medicine practice in ... others. Early in his career Dr VanAndel became involved in hospital medical staff affairs at Royal Columbian, where his ... and his or her legal counsel, he would say, “Let me take my registrar’s hat off for a moment,” and then ...