Media stories for November 20, 2012

“If I was a horse, they would have shot me by now.”
The Province – Heartbeat of the city
Mike Fulton became a source of inspiration when, in 2005 already blind and diabetic, he became the first HIV-positive transplant recipient, receiving his new kidney at St. Paul’s Hospital.

Rainier resident worries about loss of Vancouver hotel’s addiction programs
Vancouver Courier
Health Canada funding will run dry by early December. Vancouver Coastal Health has decided not to continue the program with money it receives from the provincial government and will find space for these women in other treatment programs and services. VCH spokesperson Anna Marie D’Angelo is quoted.

Scientist fires latest shot in mandatory flu vaccine debate
Vancouver Sun – Op/Ed
Dr. Perry Kendall’s responses to my comments (in Monday’s Vancouver Sun) are as disturbing as his original misreporting of my research.

Many of society’s problems go hand in hand
Vancouver Sun – Op/Ed
In Vancouver, we see the brutal result of untreated concurrent disorders on our streets everyday. According to a study published earlier this year by Dr. Michael Krausz, the UBC Providence Leadership Chair for addiction research, 93 per cent of Vancouver’s homeless have a mental disorder while 83 per cent of them have a substance abuse disorder.