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[aastra]

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Times-Colonist
June 29, 1990

Senators laud GVHS for report

The amalgamation of Victoria hospitals and the Victoria Health Project have been touted by a standing Senate committee as worthy of note by other provinces.

...before the amalgamation, the two Victoria hospitals were competitive and hostile, which led to unnecessary duplication of services and a lack of co-operation.

Problems included frequent surgical cancellations and bed shortages, with patients stashed in hallways, sunrooms, treatment rooms, and linen closets. Some were held for up to 48 hours in the emergency ward before being transferred to a hospital room.

[Nparker]

Proof that no good deed goes unpunished.

[Victoria Watcher]

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 22 March 2024 - 04:45 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

View Royal council has approved a $30,000 grant to address the local shortage of maternity- and primary-care doctors — one of several grants being given to non-profit groups as part of the budget process.

 

The $30,000 goes to the Westshore Primary Care Society to help with recruiting a foreign-trained doctor for its Grow Health clinic, which has lost three family doctors since 2022.

 

“The shortage of primary care physicians is one of the greatest challenges facing residents of our town and region,” said View Royal Mayor Sid Tobias.

 

“Community wellness is a town priority and with many of our residents now lacking prenatal and primary care, council is proud to respond to [the society’s] request for funds to recruit a new physician.”

 

Grow Health had nine family doctors serving 7,200 patients before the three doctors left, leaving many people scrambling.

 

“The importance of recruiting family doctors cannot be overstated,” said society president Dr. Spencer Cleave. “It has become a regular occurrence that women are delivering babies with no prenatal care and hundreds of patients, many of them in View Royal, are now without a family doctor.

 

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...-doctor-8493229

 

 

 

 

 

Why do they need to specifically attract a "foreign-trained" doctor?

[Nparker]

Why is municipal money being directed towards a provincial/federal issue? Our healthcare system is utterly broken.

[Tony]

“Community wellness is a town priority.

 

 

 

 

[Mike K.]

“Community wellness is a town priority.

Tony, are you an AI bot?

[LJ]

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Why don't they just use blue bandages, pretty sure that wouldn't offend anyone.

[Victoria Watcher]

Calgary judge rules 27-year-old can go ahead with MAID death despite father's concerns

'Dignity and right to self-determination' outweigh parent's concerns, judge says

https://www.cbc.ca/n...ision-1.7154794





M.V. lives with her father and was approved for MAID in December.

She did not file any court documents explaining how she came to qualify for MAID.

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But W.V. believes his daughter "is vulnerable and is not competent to make the decision to take her own life," according to Feasby's summary of the father's position.

"He says that she is generally healthy and believes that her physical symptoms, to the extent that she has any, result from undiagnosed psychological conditions."

Her only known diagnoses described in court earlier this month are autism and ADHD.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 March 2024 - 10:36 AM.

[dasmo]

"Lawyer Austin Paladeau said the case boils down to his client's right to medical autonomy" Where was this guy the last few years? 

[Victoria Watcher]

Tsawwassen man who had stroke while driving says ambulance didn't come for him

 

Layne French, a father of two, said he feels “betrayed” after suffering a stroke on the side of the highway, which was classified by B.C.’s ambulance service with the same severity as a sprained ankle.

 

 

 

 

A father of two from Tsawwassen has lost faith in B.C.’s ambulance service after he says he was “left to die on the side of the road” after suffering a stroke.

 

Layne French, 36, said despite describing his symptoms that included vision loss, paralysis on the right side of his body and slurred speech, paramedics never came and he ended up being driven to Richmond Hospital by his parents.

 

“I basically survived due to my body and the miracles of the human body, not because of any medical intervention. It’s complete garbage,” he said. “It’s embarrassing.”

 

The emergency happened March 13 while French was driving on Highway 99. French had just entered the Massey Tunnel and was driving at about 80 kilometres an hour when he was overcome by a coughing fit.

 

“All of the sudden the world started spinning. It’s like a ship on the ocean, going up and down. I’m like, ‘This is not good.’ ”

 

French said as he approached the end of the tunnel he felt the right side of his body go numb. He said his eyes started “skipping” almost like a TV turning off and on.

He used his left foot to hit the brake and used his left hand to put the car into park.

 

With the car behind him honking at the sudden stop in traffic, French stumbled out of the car and flagged down another motorist. The driver called 911 while French went back to his car and also called 911 using the Siri function on his phone. French said he described his symptoms as clearly as he could.

 

“I told them I was paralyzed. I’m confused. The world is spinning. I’m giving them all that.”

 

Despite this, dispatchers kept asking French if he could drive himself to the hospital. He said no.

 

French managed to get himself 100 metres down the road into a parking lot near the Steveston Highway, where he waited for paramedics.

 

“And we wait and we wait and we wait. And they never come.”

 

French received a call from B.C. Emergency Health Services BCEHS shortly before 6 p.m. and a secondary assessment was done on his condition. A dispatcher asked if French would accept a paramedic arriving in a minivan and he said yes. However, he was later told the minivan wasn’t an option because the medical emergency was triggered by a cough and there was a concern about sanitation.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...for-him-8512857

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 March 2024 - 09:53 PM.

[Nparker]

Medical attention was not rendered because there was a concern about sanitation???   

[Victoria Watcher]

Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months

 

Canadian Health Labs says it's put in 'significant' work, has 'dedicated recruiters' in other countries

 

 

 

 

 

Manitoba's health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province.

 

Eight months after the province inked a two-year deal with Canadian Health Labs (CHL), the firm has yet to recruit a single doctor to the province, the government confirmed on Tuesday. 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...-labs-1.7156514

 

 

 

Even international doctors do not want to move to Manitoba.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 March 2024 - 10:35 PM.

[Matt R.]

Did they expect something different to happen? Didn’t they ask anyone what the process was?

[Nparker]

Were NONE of Canada's 400,000+ new arrivals last year physicians?

[Matt R.]

375,000 of those are still waiting for the feds to process applications anyways.

[spanky123]

Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months

 

Like most recruiters I am sure that they were paid on a success basis so no cost for no performance right?!

[Mike K.]

Layne French, a father of two, said he feels “betrayed” after suffering a stroke on the side of the highway, which was classified by B.C.’s ambulance service with the same severity as a sprained ankle.

 

 

 

Oh my.

 

Old school VVers might remember Layne, he was one of the very early members of this forum.

[lanforod]

I was wondering why that name rings a bell!

[dasmo]

Oh man. I hope he is Ok.