B.C.'s seniors advocate issues residential care report, largest in Canada
http://theprovince.com/news/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/b-c-s-seniors-advoc...
Files for BC NDP's Minister of Health Adrian Dix
Sun, 2017-09-17 19:11
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Files for BC NDP's Minister of Health Adrian Dix
Wed, 2017-09-20 23:02
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Fri, 2017-09-22 15:04
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Adrian Dix includes key NDP allies in health authority appointments
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/adrian-dix-includes-key-ndp-alli...
Fri, 2017-10-27 16:03
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Shut 'em down and build more government run seniors' residences.
A Bath a Week: One Look at Privately Run Seniors Care
As private care expands in BC, staff and residents say low wages have led to decreased quality of life at one Parksville seniors residence.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/10/26/A-Bath-a-Week-Privately-Run-Seniors-C...
Wed, 2018-04-04 21:19
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Dp
Wed, 2018-04-04 21:15
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Wed, 2018-04-04 21:19
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Dp
Wed, 2018-04-04 21:30
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More good news from Health Minister Adrian Dix’s portfolio
Sun, 2018-04-08 19:15
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Gee a reporter for the mainstream press supports private health care clinics so the rich can go to the front of the line.
Who knew!
Hopefully Canadians are not as stupid and short-sighted as our mainstream, represent only the rich, press.
Adrian, shut 'em all down!
Private clinics are the necessary but unwanted foster child of health care
http://vancouversun.com/news/politics/private-clinics-necessary-part-of-...
Sun, 2018-04-08 19:24
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Gee a reporter for the mainstream press supports private health care clinics so the rich can go to the front of the line.
How long is the line? Canadians are totally used to the idea that some things have a line. But at the grocery store, it's seldom longer than five minutes.
If our beloved health care system is producing lines that stretch into HOURS then either we should be funding them better, or they should step back if someone else -- anyone else -- can meet the need. If the local Fire Department could only respond to your house fire in three hours, would you argue against a parallel system that could be there in 15 minutes? Wouldn't you argue that the public FD needs to step up, rather than that the private firefighters are destroying our totally sufficient public system?
Sun, 2018-04-08 19:27
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Oh, yes. Much better for everyone to have equal access to lack of healthcare. Access to a waiting list is not access to healthcare. Are you really dumb enough to think that "the rich" wait in line with the "great unwashed" rather than swan off to the US or the medical tourism destinations in Mexico or India?
At the least, allowing a two tier system like in Europe will provide doctors with incentive beyond the operating room restrictions placed upon them by funding starved hospitals. Healthcare is 'free' but it is also severely rationed by budgetary limitations.
Sun, 2018-04-08 19:35
#12
Gee a reporter for the mainstream press supports private health care clinics so the rich can go to the front of the line.How long is the line? Canadians are totally used to the idea that some things have a line. But at the grocery store, it's seldom longer than five minutes.
If our beloved health care system is producing lines that stretch into HOURS then either we should be funding them better, or they should step back if someone else -- anyone else -- can meet the need. If the local Fire Department could only respond to your house fire in three hours, would you argue against a parallel system that could be there in 15 minutes? Wouldn't you argue that the public FD needs to step up, rather than that the private firefighters are destroying our totally sufficient public system?
The lineup may be hours for emergency treatment but in BC, surgery lineups are measured in years if not immediately life-threatening. All the cancer surgeries go to the head of the line and the merely painful or uncomfortable collect dust until some booking clerk ventures into the unknown.
Sun, 2018-04-08 21:01
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Reducing wait times - just what the doctor ordered.
Keep on fining and shutting down these private, for the one percenters, health care clinics.
Looking good Adrian!
https://twitter.com/adriandix?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjc18y&refsrc=email&i...
Mon, 2018-04-09 07:46
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Tue, 2018-04-10 20:04
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Wed, 2018-05-02 11:31
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Tue, 2018-07-10 22:11
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Thu, 2018-08-16 00:07
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Terrace could see 7 new doctors by this Fall. Sweet!
Sat, 2018-09-22 12:57
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Sat, 2018-09-22 13:00
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Sat, 2018-09-22 13:02
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- dated May 30
Way back in May weren't the Blue Jays also hitting home runs and in contention to make the World Series?
Sun, 2018-09-23 10:08
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Sun, 2018-09-23 12:26
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Adrian Dix, one of the leading lights in B.C. NDP Premier John Horgan’s Cabinet
Just look at all the progressive things that are being done in BC and with a minority government
How can that be!
https://globalnews.ca/news/4478381/phase-two-royal-columbian-hospital/
Fri, 2019-01-04 23:35
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Good on Adrian
Progressive governments move on their files whereas right-wing governments are mostly talk and little action
Mon, 2019-01-14 03:06
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Wed, 2019-12-04 08:27
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Sweet!
But please ignore the purposely misleading headline by the CBC as the government has changed in BC
BC NDP Minister of Health Adrian Dix appears to moving against these anti-Vaxers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/anti-vax-hans-bc-grants-1.5074369
Thu, 2019-05-02 22:36
#27
Brilliant
In health as well as housing B.C. leads the way forward for its citizens
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/british-columbia/2019/5/2/1_4405760.html
Wed, 2019-12-04 08:26
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Wed, 2019-12-04 09:31
#29
It is always the same whether it is the attempt to privatize Medicare or charge exorbitant cell phone charges. Just another in a long line of constant attacks by the rich on the poor. The class system is alive and well in Canada so you had better know what side of the fence you are on, eh!
Increased privatization not the answer
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/12/03/Brian-Day-Court-Case-Ends/
Fri, 2020-02-21 11:43
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Good!
No health care worker should ever have to concern themselves with violence at work, and procedures and protection need to be in place to protect the workers 24/7.
Hospital issued largest WorkSafeBC fine in history for assault of nurses
Fri, 2020-02-21 12:01
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Nurse shortage leads to more violence from patients, UBC study finds
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nurse-patient-violence-ubc-1.5470887
Tue, 2020-03-31 18:13
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Dix's 'toughest' decision sets back wait-list progress by years
Before this year, one might have guessed it was the judgement calls he made as leader of the NDP that cost him a lead in the opinion polls and victory in the 2013 provincial election.
But to his credit, he overcame what must have been devastating in personal terms, and toughed it out, much like his predecessor as leader, Carole James.
Now, like James, he finds himself in a key position under a premier who does not hesitate to delegate huge responsibilities to able ministers.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man, as they say.
Dix, with his command of detail, formidable work ethic and patience in answering the same question again and again is ideally positioned to handle the daily news media grind on the pandemic response.
More important, he was willing to make the call to cancel all those surgeries, even if it meant undoing his own efforts to reduce waiting lists over the past two and a half years.
Tue, 2020-03-31 18:20
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Adrian Dix talking fluently in French presently at his virus presser
Thu, 2020-06-11 21:58
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Fri, 2020-06-19 15:55
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BC Investigates Racist ‘Games’ in ER Rooms, Damage to Indigenous Patients
Staff tried to guess blood alcohol levels in patients and compromised care, allegations say.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/06/19/BC-Investigates-Racist-Games-ER-Rooms-Indigenous-Patients/
Fri, 2020-06-19 20:05
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laine lowe
Honestly, I was truly shocked by the news about the racist actions in ER rooms in BC. The San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program is one of many best practices that have come out of the province to deal with health inequities faced by Indigenous people. Absolutely depressing. It reminded me of how horrible the racist attitudes were (and hopefully have been somewhat rectified) in Winnipeg hospitals with the inquiry into Brian Sinclair's death in Health Sciences Centre ER a few years ago. Here is a link to the original story:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-brian-sinclair-report-1...
Sat, 2020-06-20 00:39
#37
Thanks Laine
The Brian Sinclair case is appalling. It's bad enough to have to go to a hospital in the first place, but to have that compounded by racism must be overwhelming.
Thank goodness the investigator, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, appointed by the BC NDP Government, comes with top notch credentials
Fri, 2021-02-19 00:38
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Tue, 2021-02-23 23:07
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Tue, 2021-02-23 23:09
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Tue, 2021-03-02 01:41
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Why did the US Navy pay for this research?
https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-researcher-blames-social-con...
Tue, 2021-03-02 01:47
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With more vaccines arriving, BC's ready to Rock and Roll with their Covid vaccine rollout. Thank goodness we are not living 100 years ago where many of the scientific breakthroughs that we are using today were not available then
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-co...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-co...
Tue, 2021-03-02 03:03
#43
The doom and groomers, Postmedia News are at it again
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/support-for-health-officials-fl...
Wed, 2021-03-10 00:51
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So what's really going on here?
Just curious why these folks don't respect the scientific wisdom of our Covid-19 experts such as Dr Tam and Dr Henry. And barely a day after International Women's Day to boot!
https://globalnews.ca/news/7685627/coronavirus-scientists-question-gover...
Wed, 2021-03-17 05:06
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Running the pandemic marathon
https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2021/03/17/Wise-Advice-Tyee-Readers-Running-...
Mon, 2021-05-17 18:22
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BC numbers continue to slide
https://globalnews.ca/news/7869141/bc-covid-19-update-may-17-2021/amp/
Tue, 2021-05-18 02:04
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The hot book about the pandemic poses its own danger
The Premonition by Michael Lewis undercuts faith in what Public Health can do
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2021/05/18/Hot-Pandemic-Book-Poses-Danger/
Tue, 2021-05-18 02:18
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Fri, 2021-05-21 00:50
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BC's numbers continue to drop but not out of the woods yet.
https://www.cheknews.ca/b-c-reports-under-400-covid-19-cases-ahead-of-lo...
Sat, 2021-05-22 19:27
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More support for redistributing wealth in our society
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/05/10/Letter-Dr-Henry-Hardest-Hit-Surrey...
......
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/05/20/Vancouver-Fraser-Valley-COVID-Hotspots/
Mon, 2021-05-24 19:53
#51