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Letters / BY: Hal D. Gunn, MD, April 2012
... nature of InspireHealth and its programs [Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn.  BCMJ 2011;53:547 ].  ... on staff, both of whom were researchers at the BC Cancer Re­search Centre.  Review of all InspireHealth pa­tients with ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Alison D. Kaplen, DMD June 2012
... Annual Physician Education Conference Nanaimo Conference Centre, Shaw Auditorium Saturday, 20 October 2012 • Nanaimo, BC For more information on the conference, visit ... Physicians Education Conference. Both the conference centre and the hotel are close to the seaplane terminal in ...
Obituaries / BY: Richard K. Elwood, MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), FRCPC July/August 2012
... the Provincial Health Laboratory and subsequently at the BC Centre for Disease Control.  Peter will be remembered for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leslie A. Sadownik, MD, MEd, FRCSC, January/February 2012
... Gynaecology) in the Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre.  Initially, women who were referred to the Women’s ... it is our expectation that a large number of women in BC experiencing vulvovaginal pain are going without ... Vulvodynia Program located in the ambulatory care centre at Vancouver General Hospital.  Methods:  We ...
News&Notes / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD September 2012
... me with news of a plane crash on the Fraser River. BC artist Toni Onley had gone down while practising “touch ... it. The eccentric location of the heavy engine places the centre of gravity in a high, critical spot outside of the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
Correctional institutions in BC offer a variety of health and education programs for ... available to those in the outside community.[ 3 ] In BC six collaborations between community organizations and ... the assistant deputy warden of a provincial correctional centre for women, who was undergoing routine screening ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a spike of ... administration of naloxone, an opioid antagonist.[ 5 ] In BC, the current lack of naloxone availability outside primary ... morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdose. The BC Centre for Disease Control harm reduction program has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... had not been eligible for the publicly funded program in BC.  One-time resources for vaccine purchase became available in the 2011–2012 fiscal year, and BC took the opportunity to expand the program to young women ... reporting to the World Health Organization Colla­borating Centre for International Drug Monitoring. Reporting of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... complex burn care.[ 9 ] Management of major burn trauma in BC In British Columbia major burn care is delivered in two ... (VIHA) and handles select provincial referrals. The BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Burn, Plastic and Trauma ... General Hospital (VGH) serves as the quaternary referral centre for major burn trauma for the province. Primary burn ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... and bronchitis incidence were high. The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control reported for two similar time ... 1% were adenovirus.[ 7 ]  During similar time periods, BC Children’s Hospital virology section reported ... of respiratory infection at a community clinic in Surrey, BC. Patient requests for antibiotics were found to be ...