Doctors of BC's Section of Emergency Medicine says the crisis at Langley Memorial Hospital is not an isolated situation and special measures are needed to address emergency department backlog now.
The Fraser Health authority issued a record 2,370 “Code Whites” across 14 facilities in the 2021-22 fiscal year, more than triple the number of calls from 2014-15.
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker's empty eyes as he pinned her backwards over a washing machine and beat her head.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said after two years of low rates of flu, mostly due to travel restrictions, the province is seeing a "dramatic increase'' in illness and it arrived sooner than normal.
The doctor, who spoke with the Terrace Standard on condition of anonymity, pointed to a Chilliwack primary care centre that's been totally unable to bring on any doctors or nurse practitioners since it became otherwise ready to open.
Young leaders are continuing to push the envelope for what we can do as pharmacists. Not only do they push to expand and utilize their full scope of practice, but I’m noticing more young leaders combining other fields such as technology or the pharmaceutical industry to further support pharmacy practice.
