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News May 2017
... of the new St. Paul’s at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre. The medical centre will be a purpose-built, fully integrated health ... Heart Centre, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and other centres of ...
News / BY: Shannon McDonald, MD October 2017
... of responsibility for First Nations health care in BC from Ottawa to BC First Nations is encouraging, empowering, and a reason to ... therapies. These agencies include the BC Cancer Agency, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, BC Renal Agency, and BC ...
News July/August 2017
Two rural BC physicians and three community organizations in Fort St. ... to rural medical practice by Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc). The physicians were honored for contributions ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM October 2017
... outdoor activity. Approximately 40% of visitors come from BC and a similar proportion from other parts of Canada.[ 1 ] ... by the fact that it is not a reportable illness in BC and laboratory diagnosis can be challenging.[ 3 ] As well, ... birth, and neonatal death.[ 8 ] The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) Public Health Laboratory ...
News / BY: Brent Weiss April 2017
... General Hospital (in a community that only sports a health centre). After many years of playing, Dr Cawkell stepped down ... to meet fellow physicians from near or far throughout BC and beyond and informally exchange knowledge and discuss ... is this fierce but amicable competition. Doctors of BC has supported the event for the past 2 years and looks ...
News November 2017
... team, a partnership between Fraser Health, Doctors of BC, and the White Rock/South Surrey Division of Family ... Transition team at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre. Together they developed a new model to successfully ... youth to adult diabetes care. In addition, Doctors of BC’s own Clare O’Callaghan, communications manager, was ...
Clinical Articles / BY: E. Pharo, BSc November 2017
... female presented to the emergency department in Victoria, BC, with a swollen left eyelid. Three days prior, she and her ... measured 1 cm by 1.5 cm and was sent to British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) for identification, where ... myiasis. This first documented Canadian-acquired case in BC is a reminder that practitioners should be familiar with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Goy, MD, MSc January/February 2017
... the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant (L/BMT) Program of BC at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). Initial management   ... acute leukemia. Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of BC All adult patients receiving intensive induction ... and Yukon are treated through a single specialized centre, the Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program of BC at ...
News / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2017
... site of the first CMA GC in 1867. This year’s Doctors of BC caucus reflected our membership and included specialists, ... students. The motion did not pass; however, Doctors of BC was recognized for its decision to introduce disability ... .) BC also took centre stage with a session on opioid use with Dr Christy ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM December 2017
... HIV p24 antigen/antibody assays, which are used throughout BC for HIV screening, detect infections about 4 to 5 days ... or indeterminate immunoblot results.  Since 2009, the BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory (BCCDC ...