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News March 2018
The new Urgent Care Centre at BC Women’s Hospital is the only one of its kind ... who arrive for triage, assessment, and admissions to BC Women’s Hospital. The new facility provides care to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... death among Canadians of all ages.[ 1 , 2 ] Every year in BC approximately 2000 deaths and 8000 cases of permanent ... the extent of the injury issue.[ 2 ] Injury costs in BC in 2010 amounted to $3.7 billion in both direct and ... to 2013 is the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia.[ 17 ] The centre provides ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Katherine A. Blood, MD, PhD January/February 2018
... cancer—the number one cancer diagnosed in women in BC.[ 1 ] The majority of breast cancers are thought to occur ... population.[ 1 ] The Hereditary Cancer Program (HCP) at BC Cancer accepts physician or self-referrals for hereditary ... to the High-Risk Clinic at the BC Cancer Vancouver Centre. The clinic is run by a nurse practitioner and a ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD October 2018
... and sent home to do their own hemodialysis, the first in BC. By the end of the 1970s, the division had expanded to ... very successful, doubling the transplantation rate in BC in 3 months and tripling it in the first year. St. ... seed that Angus planted in 1968 has grown into a leading centre for the treatment of kidney disease across the land, ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... Division of Family Practice and the Rural Coordinating Centre of BC, both of which are funded through Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. Several ongoing projects arose ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM May 2018
Beginning April 2018, BC and other Canadian provinces and territories will begin to ... (RV1, ROTARIX, GlaxoSmithKline), which has been used in BC since the program started in January 2012. This change is ... Programs and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Service BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2018
... in the country. The average age of a first-time mother in BC is 30.8 years, according to Statistics Canada, compared ... significant move toward delayed childbearing. In 2015 the BC Vital Statistics Agency noted that the proportion of ... —Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC Co-Director at the Pacific Centre for Reproductive Medicine  Editorials Guest ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... unwell is ubiquitous in popular culture. The reality in BC schools is much different—while health authorities ... clinic, the Nanaimo District Secondary School Wellness Centre in September 2016. Northern Interior Rural Barriers to ... Community Partnership and Integration, Doctors of BC Family Practice Services Committee Division-led school ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD March 2018
... other commitments Yan was able to find time to worship his BC Lion and Vancouver Canuck heroes. He was also a consummate ... care coordinator of Como Lake Hospital/Lakeshore Care Centre. Over the years he had a special affection for Saint ... via mail to 500–5950 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3; or by calling 604 827-4111.  —Jack Albrecht, ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Nancy Falconer, September 2018
Pregnant women in some BC communities can face fragmented and siloed perinatal care, ... network—one that puts patients’ needs at the centre while improving the working environment and ... work of the GPSC, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, and Perinatal Services BC. Called the Maternity Network, ...