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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
During my first few months of general practice in North Vancouver in ... be done for her. The senior physician put his hand on my shoulder and said, “your visits will help her, use your bedside manner.” During that time hospital stays were long and general practitioners and ...
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BY: Christopher Nguan, MD
... on 11 March 2020, I found myself with unexpected time on my hands as surgeries were cancelled to augment capacity at Vancouver General Hospital in the event of a COVID surge. I leveraged my longstanding research collaboration with UBC engineering ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... often over very primitive roads. He established the first hospital in Abbotsford in his house on Hazel Street. It had ... and Archives #7854] Every time I drive past this school my heart skips a beat. I knew Dr Graham since 1954, when I ... at his home. I was called to attend him, and he died in my arms. He was 60 years old. A graduate of McGill ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... at home is becoming the gold standard for office and even hospital hygiene. The reality is that, for example, our ... house, which has been turned into a mini nursing home for my wife’s care, a load of underwear may, apparently, ... million E. coli to other clothing. After learning this, my immediate trip was to the closest store for a big bottle ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... will emit a few meows and after a few minutes go to sleep. My wife, who treasured the original, live Spookie of many ... and energetic mix of Cairn terrier and Shih-Tzu. Bess, my wife, was then mostly in a wheelchair. Through the haze of ... October we have been caring for her in and out of a rented hospital bed, a reclining easy chair, and a wheelchair, and ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a moment I was taken aback and didn’t know what to say. My mind was spinning. An abortion for gender selection? After ... were being taken for granted. Like in a sped-up movie, my mind went back to 1975. I was involved in studying the ... constructed by the biomedical specialists at Shaughnessy Hospital. At the beginning we used either fresh specimen or ...
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BY: Muna Hassan
... will be anonymous and we will not contact you again. Will my answers be kept confidential? All answers are kept ... Coordinator, National Research Consortium Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Dept. of Plastic & ...
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BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... patients feel welcome in your practice?”[ 1 ] my mind went to the memory of my over-35-year-long relationship with Margo, who was Johnny ... live-in student intern at the old North Vancouver General Hospital and Johnny was the most experienced, jovial, and ...