BC Doctor

• ‘Came back with a vengeance’: B.C. doctor urges flu shot as kids return to school

  Dr. David Goldfarb says evidence from the Southern Hemisphere suggests influenza B, which can hit children harder than adults, will be particularly prevalent this year.

  Health

  Sep 2, 2023
  
• B.C. doctor says better health-care services needed on search and rescue missions

  Dr. Doug Brown, a volunteer with North Shore Rescue, said search and rescue teams in B.C. need to have more access to health-care providers to attend serious rescue operations.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2023
  
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• Rural B.C. doctor suspended for sexual relationship with patient

  The College of Physicians and Surgeons said a Nakusp, B.C. doctor exchanged flirtatious and sexualized messages with the patient via Facebook and WhatsApp.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
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• B.C.’s top burn doctor provides care to war victims in Lviv, Ukraine

  Dr. Anthony Papp spent two weeks volunteering in Lviv, Ukraine, providing care for those injured in the Russian invasion.

  Health

  Dec 3, 2022
• B.C. surgeon volunteers in Poland to help war victims wounded in Ukraine

  The B.C. doctor went to Poland with the Canada-Ukraine Foundation to perform reconstructive surgery on people injured in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

  Health

  Nov 12, 2022
• B.C. doctor heading to Ukraine to help burn victims

  A B.C. doctor is heading to Ukraine to volunteer and offer his skills to help victims of the ongoing war.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2022
• ‘In crisis’: Award-winning B.C. family doctor mulls giving up bursting practice

  A respected B.C. doctor says she's reaching a 'breaking point' warning family physicians are facing increasingly unsustainable caseloads and administrative demands.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2022
• B.C. doctor suspended over COVID-19 allegations

  The College of Physicians and Surgeons has suspended a doctor while it completes an investigation into allegations that he circumvented COVID-19 public health orders.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2022
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• ‘We had no idea’: Unvaccinated B.C. doctor stuns patients over COVID-19 beliefs

  Dr. Sofia Bayfield with the North Shore Medical Group sent an email letter to her patients saying after March 24 she will no longer be able to treat them as she's not vaccinated.

  Health

  Mar 8, 2022
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• ‘Fraud is a crime’: B.C. doctor pens open letter to people asking for vaccine exemption notes

  ‘I can’t speak for other physicians, but I am not prepared to commit fraud so someone can avoid a vaccine,' Dr. Shane Barclay of the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre wrote.

  Health

  Sep 10, 2021