COVID-19

Friends laughing in a park

The Road Ahead

July 16, 2021

I’m writing this blog from my parents’ home in Alberta where – now that recreational travel is permitted – I am taking much needed time to recharge. As a doctor, I couldn’t help but observe the profound changes around me as this province, and eventually our whole country, emerge from the COVID-...
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Phase 3: What does it mean for doctors’ offices?

July 9, 2021

BC has entered phase 3 of the Restart Plan, which means some restrictions have eased for the public when it comes to wearing masks. However, there are no changes for doctors’ offices.   

Family doctors, specialists, staff, patients and visitors to community practices must continue to wear...
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COVID-19, Mask Policy
PPE Portraits

PPE Portraits: UBC students use medical masks to foster connection in a pandemic

May 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has limited our social connections, as we live with restrictions designed to keep each other safe. In BC’s hospitals and clinics, this lack of connection is felt by doctors and other healthcare workers, who have to don and doff comprehensive PPE on a constant basis. The...
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COVID-19, PPE
#Savelives

With COVID-19 numbers on the rise, here’s what people should know

April 8, 2021

BC is feeling the force of two COVID-19 variants of concern, B117 first detected in Britain and P1 first detected in Brazil. These two variants are more contagious than the initial COVID-19 virus identified at the start of the pandemic. One year ago, mostly seniors were being adversely affected...
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CEV attestation form

CEV attestation form available to doctors

April 1, 2021

Doctors can now access the CEV attestation form on the Doctors of BC web site. 
They can also view the letter from Dr Bonnie Henry that is being sent to 200,000
CEV patients around the province. Both documents are password protected.

Filling out the form

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