Nearly 90% of postponed non-urgent surgeries in the North have been completed
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At the beginning of the pandemic in March, 17,418 non-urgent surgeries with a wait time of longer than 6 months were postponed across BC.
On May 7th, Northern Health was able to begin contacting patients for non-urgent surgeries and 4,758 people have been contacted as of November 22nd.
Since November 12th, 89% of the postponed surgeries in the North have been completed, just slightly below the province’s 90% completion rate.
The waitlist for non-urgent surgeries in the North is now at 3,853 even though 511 people have been removed from the list as of November 22nd.
by Charlie Smith on December 27th, 2020 at 3:27 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has revealed the existence of a completely dysfunctional working relationship between two surgeons at B.C. Children s Hospital.
Dr. Andrew Campbell, a specialist in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery, received full privileges to perform surgery at the hospital in 2006, according to a December 11 ruling by Justice Gordon C. Weatherill.
But the physician eventually came in conflict with Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi, who became the hospital s head of the pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgery division in 2010.
This was revealed in court after the Provincial Health Services Authority filed a judicial-review application.
New app helps B.C. paramedics communicate with patients who are deaf and hard of hearing
A new app is available in B.C. to help paramedics communicate with people who are deaf and hard of hearing.
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Posted: Dec 20, 2020 1:22 PM PT | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
B.C. paramedics can now connect with live American Sign Language interpreters, using an app on their iPhones.(Provincial Health Services/Twitter)
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by Province of British Columbia on Tuesday Dec 15 2020
Today marks the first day of British Columbia’s provincewide COVID-19 immunizations, the most comprehensive vaccine program to ever be delivered in B.C.
Over the coming days, approximately 4,000 health-care workers in British Columbia will be rolling up their sleeves to receive the first approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Nisha Yunus, a 64-year old residential care aid was one of the first people in British Columbia to receive the COVID-19 immunization. Yunus has worked in the same long-term care home in the Vancouver Coastal Health region for 41 years, all in the same unit and on the same floor.