Dr. Sharadh Sampath, head of the department of surgery at Richmond Hospital, represents a new generation of critical thinking in surgery: the doctor who embraces the broad role of patient-centred caregiver and physician as business person.

Richmond Hospital surgeon Dr. Sharadh Sampath is the first to perform laparoscopic gastric bypass in Lower Mainland.

A physician once called one of B.C.’s oldest computed tomography (CT) scanners a “non-invasive diagnostic workhorse.” Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is hoping to get a new workhorse and put its old one out to pasture.

With winter weather here and the festive season upon us, Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health want to provide you with some tips on how to stay healthy and safe this holiday season.

In an effort to prevent influenza from spreading, Vancouver Coastal Health has started a new policy requiring visitors to don a surgical mask if they haven’t had a flu shot. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, medical health officer at VCH.

The largest hospitals in Vancouver — St. Paul’s and Vancouver General — are about a century old and see dozens more theft incidents a year compared to other city hospitals.

Flu shot rates among Vancouver Coastal Health staff have dropped by about 25% to date this year. With quotes from Dr. Meena Dawar, medical health officer at VCH.

The City of Vancouver is taking exception with a “sensationalist” University of British Columbia study that warns community gardens are susceptible to high levels of metal contamination. Mentions VCH not having concerns about food grown at community gardens.

Dr. Michael Rekart, a VCH physician, is going to Sierra Leone to help those infected with the Ebola virus.

The people queuing up at the Providence Crosstown Clinic are pioneers of a sort. They are heroin addicts whose habits have resisted conventional treatment.