Category: Medical Dispatches

Jan 07 2015

Teaching a technique to improve health in Haiti

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Neil Pollock is a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, and an Associate Professor at Laval University, Montréal, Québec Haiti has faced immense...

Aug 18 2014

Medical Dispatches

“No, don’t touch the dead body!”

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Azaria Marthyman is a primary care physician in Victoria, BC, who has recently returned from Liberia “No, don’t touch the dead body!” “Save yourself so you can save others!” “Midwives,...

Jul 15 2014

Medical Dispatches

Proposed changes to Community Health Centres will hurt Primary Care in B.C

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Dr. Ryan Herriot, Dr. Steven Persaud, Dr. Rannie Tao, and Dr. Stephanie Stacey are Resident Physicians in Family Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital, UBC Faculty of Medicine As family...

Jun 02 2014

Medical Dispatches

Fukushima three years on

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Ryuki Kassai is a founding professor and chair of the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan One day in November 2013, a 14-year-old girl...