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Clinical Articles / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC September 2019
... With legalization, consumption levels in Canada and BC are expected to rise. This is concerning because both ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Steven Larigakis, MD March 2019
... Actions and Resources Empowering Seniors (CARES) model in BC, a collaborative primary care model using an electronic ... to live with chronic diseases that contribute to frailty. BC programs such as Be Active Every Day[ 11 ] are one way for ...
News June 2019
Dr Gary Andolfatto believes that primary care paramedics in BC should be permitted to administer ketamine. In December ... use of ketamine, but of the more than 4000 paramedics in BC, 70% are primary care paramedics. Ketamine is the most ...
Obituaries / BY: Steve Ashwell, MD September 2019
... based in St. Anthony), Yukon, Minnesota, Alberta, and BC. His later career was punctuated by eight lengthy trips to ...
Obituaries / BY: N.G. Nair, MBBS, FRCPC December 2019
... and Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1991 Lito moved to Langley, BC, with his family and started working as a consultant ...
News / BY: Jessie Wang January/February 2019
... pass away before a certain age. For example, Doctors of BC offers plans with a payout of up to $5 000 000 in the ... longer able to earn an income (or your full income). The BC government provides “free” coverage for physicians ... an additional $18 900 monthly (as offered by Doctors of BC).  Critical illness insurance pays you a lump sum if you ...
News May 2019
... Committee, a joint collaborative committee of Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health. News The Victoria Combined ...
News July/August 2019
... Specialist Services Committee and serves as the Doctors of BC representative on the Medical Services Commission. ... for Okanagan Thompson is Dr Cheryl Hume. News Doctors of BC election results ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Mo Kin Kwok, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP December 2019
... to the Canada Vigilance Program. We also contacted the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC) and learned that ... N 2 O cases described in the literature, the calls made to BC DPIC, and news stories of misuse[ 9 ] all suggest that ...
News March 2019
... to a death review panel report[ 1 ] released by the BC Coroners Service in 2018. Of those, 10% (333 people) died ... Five new community transition teams stationed throughout BC aim to address this problem by helping people with ... for Correctional Health Services and addictions lead for BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, reports that ...