Category: Public Health Care

At a press conference in Victoria on May 10, 2022, B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported on the results of her office’s provincial health order on March 7, 2022 requiring the regulatory colleges and Ministry of Health to coordinate gathering the vaccination status of regulated health professionals in the province....

In a letter addressed to “Registrars of Colleges for Health Professionals in British Columbia” dated April 1st but only recently made public, Provincial Health Officer (PHO) Bonnie Henry recommends the continued use of medical masks by practitioners and patients/clients in health care settings when there is close, in person patient/client contact.  She...

According to the BC CDC’s April 21st weekly reporting of  COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths: hospitalizations have dropped from 289 to 238 and deaths from 37 to 27.  The total number of hospital admissions since the start of the pandemic are 20,585 with the highest number coming from Fraser Health Authority. ...