Chronic pain patients interviewed in hospital closet
CTV News at 6
Anesthesiologist Dr. Jill Osborn works in the acute and chronic pain division at St. Paul’s Hospital. She said a lack of funding has led to waitlists of between one and three years at the facility, depending on the severity of a patient’s condition.
Lions Gate Hospital set to post wait times
North Shore News
Lions Gate Hospital is one of six hospitals in the Vancouver Coastal Health region taking part in a pilot project that will allow the public to log on and check wait times. VCH spokesperson Clay Adams is quoted.
BC’s child poverty rate improves, but just barely: report
A new report says BC has the second highest rate of child poverty in the country, second only to Manitoba and the impact of that poverty is far reaching. VCH Medical Health Officer, Dr John Carsley, is quoted.
Aran Lewis has had three kidney transplants
The Province – Heartbeat of the city
Every night, St. Paul’s renal supervisor Aran Lewis takes his work home with him – not by choice – but of necessity. By day, he co-ordinates renal technicians for St. Paul’s in-hospital and community hemodialysis programs. At night, he hooks himself up to his own home hemodialysis machine.
The trials of home dialysis with Mark Darling
The Province – Heartbeat of the city
Mark Darling retired from the West Vancouver Police in 2005.Looking forward to travelling with his wife Pat, he figured his blood pressure would go down, not up.