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BC Government Under Attack over Urgent Care The Tyee

WEBSince 2018, the NDP government has opened 26 health authority-run Urgent and Primary Care Centres, where teams of family doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners …

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Indigenous People Don’t Feel Safe Accessing Health Care. Here’s …

WEBAnd those experiences of racism create distrust and have real effects on patient care and health outcomes. For example, even though Indigenous people in B.C. …

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Sex Education in BC’s Schools: An Explainer The Tyee

WEBThe Tyee is supported by readers like you. Twenty per cent of all B.C. youth in Grades 7 to 12 are sexually active according to a 2018 Adolescent Health Survey. …

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A Police Wellness Check Left Me Terrified and Determined to End …

WEBHussein N. Shire is a freelance writer and an advocate for reforming wellness checks. Wellness checks, theoretically, give anyone the power to unleash …

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BC Introduces Canada’s First Mandatory Nurse-to-Patient Ratios

WEBMichelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. The BC Nurses’ Union rallies in June after it …

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Fixing the Crisis in Public Health The Tyee

WEBAccording to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, total health spending in 2022 was expected to reach $331 billion, or $8,563 per capita. Hospitals got …

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INFOGRAPHICS: How BC’s Medical Resources Stack Up The Tyee

WEBOverall, the numbers for everything in B.C. are relatively small. Our province has a total population of 5 million people: as of April 1 we have had more than 1,000 …

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Canada's Broken Electronic Medical Records Model The Tyee

WEBThere are at least 15 EMRs in common use in Canada in physicians’ offices. As of 2021 even the most popular, Accuro EMR, owned by QHR Technologies, was …

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BC's New Forest Rules: A Small Word Change May Be Big for

WEBB.C. announced this week that it would scrap an infamous clause embedded in B.C.’s forest rules often recognized as a barrier to protecting forests and their …

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Pandemic’s Mental Health Toll Is Hammering Marginalized People

WEBHere are some numbers to call. 1800SUICIDE: 1-800-784-2433 if you are considering suicide or are concerned about someone who may be. 310Mental Health …

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Gender Affirming-Care, Explained The Tyee

WEBAccording to the Canadian Paediatric Society, gender-affirming care assesses psychological, social, medical and surgical options for gender-diverse people. …

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First Nations Life Expectancy Has Plummeted. How to Change That

WEBDue to the toxic drug crisis and later the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy for First Nations people in British Columbia decreased by 7.1 years …

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BC Aims to Revamp Senior Care. The First Step Stirs Controversy

WEBDuring B.C.’s October 2020 election, held in the first year of the pandemic, the BC NDP campaigned on improving long-term care. The party’s platform ahead of …

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BC Government Backs National Pharmacare Launch The Tyee

WEBAndrew MacLeod 1 Mar 2024 The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find …

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We’re Making a Terrible Mistake on MAID and Mental Illness

WEBFalse autonomy and false compassion. As a society, we take comfort that MAID is provided for compassionate relief from suffering. Individually, MAID has been …

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Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage The Tyee

WEBNews Indigenous Health Education Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage Canada’s population is growing, aging and requiring more care as many …

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The Brilliant Arc of ‘A Girl Called Echo’

WEBEcho is a 13-year-old Métis girl who finds herself in a new school, living with a new family in foster care while her mother is receiving care at some form of live-in …

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The Problem with Sending Police to Mental Health Calls

WEBNews Health Rights + Justice Municipal Politics The Problem with Sending Police to Mental Health Calls Vancouver’s new council wants to spend $6 million on …

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Smith Just Exploded Alberta Health Care. What Comes Next

WEBGraham Thomson 14 Nov 2023 The Tyee. Graham Thomson is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. A …

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Exclusive: Telus Handed BC Contract to Provide Eating Disorders …

WEBPhoto via Shutterstock. British Columbia’s Island Health has awarded a contract to Telus, a corporation the province took to court last year over health clinic …

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Seven Tips for Administering Pediatric Opioids More Safely

WEB3. Use opioids for a short time only. Most times, your child will need opioids for three to five days. You can ask your pharmacist to split or hold your prescription if it is …

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