Nurse takes shot at flu shot policy
Vancouver Courier – Letter to the editor
A community health nurse, B.C. Nurses’ Union member, and Vancouver Coastal Health employee says she will no longer get a flu shot because her employer has introduced this “draconian, ‘mandatory’ flu shot policy”.
Safe haven for drug users poses problem for realtor
The Province – column
The columnist expresses sympathy for Vancouver realtor Amalia Liapis who, for two years, has owned a property on East Pender Street in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, close to the city’s much-vaunted, safe-injection site, Insite, and closer still to a new needle exchange.
Mandatory flu shot concerns nurses
Powell River Peak
On August 23 provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall announced the new plan to make flu-shots mandatory for all health care workers at publicly funded facilities, in an effort to curb influenza outbreaks and the complications that arise.
Health manager mystified by firing
Vancouver Sun
Fired employee takes province to task over the way in which the dismissals were handled. Dr. Julio Montaner is quoted in the story.