The April issue of the Medical Post magazine is hitting doctors’ mailboxes now. Keep an eye out for it..! From AUSCULTATIONS / news quotes: Mark Holland Tara Kiran Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her)

My. God.

Join Dr. Melissa Lem . Melissa Lem, Director of PaRx; David Suzuki, scientist and broadcaster; and Paula M. Toledo, artist and well-being consultant, as they explore how nature and art enhance well-being and community connection.

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Up early and headed off for a walk with BC Parks Foundation and Canadian Medical Association at #ICAM2024 to learn about the urban heat island effect in our major cities. Increasing our urban canopy and increasing green spaces will drive improved health for all. Dr. Melissa Lem Dr Courtney Howard

I’m starting to hate these events. Safe separated cycling infrastructure is what kids need, not yearly events. 😩

Physician leader Dr. Oona Hayes joined a panel at our recent Issues Forum to speak about digital health. Oona is also a Medical Director at HDC and is passionate about the work they do. We encourage you to learn more! Visit hdcbc.ca

#DigitalHealth #QI

Every Canadian should have a legal right to a family doctor and primary health care, in the same way that every Canadian child has a right to an education, says @JanePhilpott, author of the new book 'Health For All.' Q+A by Matt Galloway cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… via @cbcnews

Since October 7, Israel’s assault has killed over 13,800 children in Gaza and injured over 12,000, according to UN officials and Gaza Ministry of Health. Israel has killed or injured at least 25,800 children in Gaza.

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Protecting public health care from private investors. Private equity ownership of the places where we seek care risks undermining cost, quality, access, efficiency, and equity, by Danyaal Raza Karen S. Palmer thestar.com/opinion/contri… via Toronto Star

Recently the richest people on earth have been trying to say $20/hr is “crazy.” They’ve been trying to say food is a luxury. They’ve been trying to say rent isn’t expensive you’re just lazy. It’s all the same bullshit.

How to reduce super-pollutants in healthcare:
✅Phase out Desflurane
✅Substitute dry powder inhalers for MDIs
✅Reduce methane by shifting to electric cookstoves & plant-rich diets.
Andrea MacNeill Dr. Jodi Sherman @CritCareUnimelb UniMelb MDHS thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…

I have not heard of anyone who suggested that the unaffordability of life these days has anything to do with paper bags at the LCBO.

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sick notes are a TERRIBLE IDEA

I will sometimes have patients book “urgent appointments” because they have just taken a dose from an “expired” bottle of pills (Eg ibuprofen (non rx for pain) or Colchicine (occasional use for gout))

*medications likely last longer than “expiry”

From 2017. Worth repeating

these reactionary governments figure people won't notice or object to this PRIVATIZATION OF HEALTHCARE as they've manipulated the public to despise drug users & people with mental illness with policies of relentless dehumanization

there is no one to care
because you do not care

'40 years after the Canada health act found its place in our history we are more than ready for the next act. That act should move us from an inefficient assortment of centres of excellence to a coordinated approach with guaranteed access to primary care.'

Thanks Jane Philpott!

Primary care should be accountable to the communities it serves.

This was a key recommendation from the #OurCare consultations.

What does it mean?

Thanks to BC Health Coalition for inviting me to do a deeper dive with colleagues from REACH Community Health Centre Umbrella Health Coop

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