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Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2011
... 1973. I had just arrived from London, England, to begin my orthopaedic residency, and he was about to embark on what ... era” of modern medical practice in BC. Vancouver General Hospital was a complex institution and incorporated all ... He proved able to make that transition.  During my 3 years as a BCMA Board member I was able to observe his ...
Editorials April 2011
... yet anyone walking the corridors of any reasonably sized hospital will pick up snippets of information that they ... these requests by saying that I did not have consent from my patients to share their information with a market research ... response, but didn’t get one, and can only assume that my e-mail address has been removed from another list (or ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2011
... That was the sound of the sucker punch contacting my skull. Those who know me well would likely suggest more of ... “Pinch me,” in the July/August 2010  BCMJ  outlining my reasons for distrusting government. I felt a little ... in Langley also provide emergency coverage to Chilliwack Hospital they won’t have anyone left on a MOCAP contract.  ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, January/February 2011
... required to help me figure out the best care plan for my patient right away.” The RACE program has allowed ... phone access, I would have been admitting more patients to hospital and doing more referrals,” adds McCracken.  With ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2011
... Upon returning to BC he interned at Vancouver General Hospital and did his residency in ortho­paedic surgery, ... on the strong roots he had helped create. He was also, to my knowledge, the only person to reject a nomination as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, October 2011
... is beyond the scope of this article. How do I know my patient is delirious? Delirium is diagnosed according to ... progress to acute anxiety and then paranoia. How do I know my patient doesn’t have dementia or depression or both? ... to some of the atypical antipsychotics. Vancouver General Hospital’s Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service has vast ...
News / BY: Arlene Cristall, MSc, December 2011
... 110 lbs (BMI percentile: 11). “At first I was like ‘oh my goodness I have to lose those 50 lbs’ and now I am ... swim, rollerblade so good now. I might even be better than my friends. This website helped me during those hard months ... Coordinator Centre for Healthy Weights, BC BC Children’s Hospital News Book review: Overweight: What Kids Say. ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2010
... home with the wife but I’m afraid I can’t hide you in hospital any longer. The hospital Bed Needs Report signs are ... about me? You think you have problems? I now have to move my in-laws out of room 408 and let them stay at my house.” These signs have become a regular occurrence ...
Letters / BY: E. Pankratz, MD, January/February 2010
... A few years ago I had surgery at Langley Memorial Hospital; it happened to be Christmastime. My experience was bad right from the start. As Dr Richardson ... rude, and lacking in sympathy.  The only exception was my surgeon and an internist who saw me later for a ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD June 2010
... closely resembled the agony of listening to a patient in my office with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia who ... year. However, it did take roughly three months for the hospital to consistently call my locum regarding inpatients on my BCMA days, and even now ...