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Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC March 2025
... This is a Canadian reality show from 2025 set in Victoria, BC. The producers and cast include ordinary, kind-hearted ... colorectal surgery program in a Canadian tertiary care centre did not significantly increase the cost of care.[ 8 ] ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC November 2025
... health and increase in self-harm indicators among youth in BC.[ 1 ] Research indicates that greater availability of and ... suicide prevention efforts, a review was conducted of BC youth (10- to 24-year-olds) self-harm hospitalization ... by suicide. A review of BC Drug and Poison Information Centre data identified the most common substances involved in ...
News December 2025
Dr Baldev Sanghera Doctors of BC members elected Dr Baldev Sanghera as the next ... of Canada. Dr Sanghera has been involved with Doctors of BC as a Representative Assembly delegate, vice co-chair of ... first physician-led and operated Urgent and Primary Care Centre. Dr Sanghera begins his new role on 1 January 2026, ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... program, with the support of the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc), launched the Hands-On Ultrasound Education ... designed to meet the unique needs of rural physicians in BC.[ 8 ] The program was developed with an understanding and ...
Review Articles / BY: Marina Viñeta Páramo, MBBS December 2025
... single intra-muscular dose per season; it is available in BC from 1 September to 31 March. In BC, nirsevimab (Beyfortus) is publicly funded for defined ... and references More information can be found on the BC Centre for Disease Control website, including a detailed Q&A ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael Joseph Lee, PhD June 2025
... species to thrive in new regions. Cyanobacteria in BC In BC, there is a poor understanding of the burden of illness ... from 2012 to 2024, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre recorded 34 calls about 43 individuals exposed to ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2025
... he conceived of and, in 1996, opened Cambie Surgery Centre, a private surgical clinic in Vancouver with six ... to challenge the restrictions on private care contained in BC’s Medicare Protection Act.     Cambie Surgeries ... Columbia was launched in 2009. Eleven years later the BC Supreme Court released its decision upholding the impugned ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC December 2025
... ). Climate Resilience Guidelines for BC Health Facility Planning & Design ( ... ). For patients and providers: The BC Centre for Disease Control offers an excellent collection ...
Letters / BY: Alexander E. Nataros, MD, CM, CCFP September 2025
... serve. In my incoming role on the board of directors for BC Family Doctors, I look forward to advocating for frontline ... health authority, our North Island Community Health Centre in Port Hardy has demonstrated how truly accessible, ... CM, CCFP Medical Director, North Island Community Health Centre Port Hardy This letter was submitted in response to ...
Original Research / BY: Olivia F. Hunter July/August 2025
... other marginalized groups.[ 12,13 ] The publicly available BC Surgical Wait Times (BCSWT) database tracks quarterly data ... an overview of the recent state of surgical wait times in BC using BCSWT data.[ 15 ] Methods Data were analyzed from Q2 ... BC Children’s Hospital, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre) were excluded from the analysis, because their city ...