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BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Siu-Kae Yeong, MD September 2019
... , and there are between 200 and 250 new cases diagnosed in BC yearly. Approximately 21% of TB cases in BC are extrapulmonary, with lymphadenitis being a common ... requests at the Mycobacteriology Laboratory of the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC ...
Letters / BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP April 2019
... with a focused practice in chronic pain in Victoria, BC. At the time I write this letter, myoActivation is also ... at the CHANGEpain Clinic, the Downtown Community Health Centre (Downtown Eastside), and the Complex Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital. It has been shown to be effective ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farshad Hosseini, BSc July/August 2019
... orthopaedic foot and ankle reconstruction, and a lack of BC experience regarding complications in lower extremity ... prophylaxis. By 2012 this approach was used by over 80% of BC patients. By 2017 coagulation factor prophylaxis was the ... that having a dedicated, specialized hemophilia treatment centre with the surgical team in close proximity has allowed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC October 2019
... 9 ] Since treatment by a physician is covered by the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP), family physicians remain the ... First, the major family physician shortage in most of BC, including Vancouver Island,[ 10 ] leaves family ... per session during the training. A centralized referral centre was established, embedded within the Victoria Division ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maxwell Moor-Smith, BSc January/February 2019
... A. phalloides specimens were first collected in BC in 1997 from under European chestnut trees at Lake Errock ... landscaped grounds of Government House, the residence of BC’s lieutenant governor. A. phalloides was detected in ... or have a green or yellow hue, and is often darker in the centre. A. phalloides specimens typically feature white gills ...
News May 2019
... (PCNs) and the new Burnaby Urgent and Primary Care Centre (UPCC) are coming to Burnaby in May 2019. The PCNs and ... in the Edmonds PCN, is the sixth centre to be announced in BC. The centre will open in two phases. The first phase ... primary health care strategy, visit https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PREM0034-001010 . To learn more about the ...
News April 2019
... patients at the Vancouver General Hospital Skin Care Centre and studied the changes that occurred to this light ... and dermatology at UBC and a senior scientist at both BC Cancer and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research ... not a replacement. This is a joint project between UBC, BC Cancer, and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Julian Marsden, MD May 2019
... ambulance crews for other patients. In September 2017 the BC Emergency Medicine Network (EM Network) was launched to ... departments (EDs) and diagnostic and treatment centres in BC.[ 1 ] The EM Network operates under the oversight of a ... rural node represents an ED or diagnostic and treatment centre with at least one emergency practitioner. These are ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2019
... as a senior, I can. I received a Gold Care Card from the BC government that afforded me greater health benefits based ... CMA president, Dr Gigi Osler, should have been front and centre as the main speaker at that event. Our professional ...
Obituaries / BY: N.G. Nair, MBBS, FRCPC December 2019
... and Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1991 Lito moved to Langley, BC, with his family and started working as a consultant ... at Langley Memorial Hospital and at Langley Mental Health Centre, and also opened his private practice. Lito was very ...