ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – Losing one of our community’s very best doctors
Editor’s note: Almost 10 years ago, family physician Paul Yanko announced he was closing his practice due to a personal medical situation. Paul was a brilliant, [Continue]
Healthcare
CHARBONNEAU – New health care clinic in Kamloops is a good start
THE NEW URGENT and primary care centre is just what the doctor ordered. And what patients have been clamouring for. Associations representing family doctors in British [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – All doctors should become government employees
SINCE DOCTOR want the benefits of employees, the logical thing to do is to make them employees of the government. Some already are. Associations representing family doctors [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Nurse practitioners should be brought into Health Care Act
A DRAFT POLICY from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has caused quite a stir in the medical community. The CMA has identified loopholes where a two-tiered health care [Continue]
ELECTION ’24 – Ensuring reliable healthcare for Kamloops-North Thompson and rural B.C.
ArmchairMayor.ca welcomes submissions from candidates on issues in the Oct. 19, 2024 provincial election. By WARD STAMER, BC Conservative Candidate, Kamloops-North Thompson [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Pointing the finger for allowing drugs, weapons in hospitals
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE BEEN WONDERING who to blame for allowing illicit drug consumption and weapons in B.C. hospitals, and leakage from the “safe” [Continue]
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