#bchealth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bchealth, aggregated by home.social.
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B.C. woman speaks out about living with rare, stigmatizing genetic condition
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"B.C.'s Energy Regulator told LNG Canada to identify the root cause of black smoke emissions during flaring at its Kitimat facility, implement a fix by October [2026]."
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other environmental groups, stated:
▪️ the facility has been exceeding monthly authorized emissions for several months
▪️ flaring activity exposed residents to "health-harming chemicals, including black carbon and benzyne."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-kitimat-flaring-9.7200515
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"B.C.'s Energy Regulator told LNG Canada to identify the root cause of black smoke emissions during flaring at its Kitimat facility, implement a fix by October [2026]."
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other environmental groups, stated:
▪️ the facility has been exceeding monthly authorized emissions for several months
▪️ flaring activity exposed residents to "health-harming chemicals, including black carbon and benzyne."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-kitimat-flaring-9.7200515
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"B.C.'s Energy Regulator told LNG Canada to identify the root cause of black smoke emissions during flaring at its Kitimat facility, implement a fix by October [2026]."
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other environmental groups, stated:
▪️ the facility has been exceeding monthly authorized emissions for several months
▪️ flaring activity exposed residents to "health-harming chemicals, including black carbon and benzyne."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-kitimat-flaring-9.7200515
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"B.C.'s Energy Regulator told LNG Canada to identify the root cause of black smoke emissions during flaring at its Kitimat facility, implement a fix by October [2026]."
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other environmental groups, stated:
▪️ the facility has been exceeding monthly authorized emissions for several months
▪️ flaring activity exposed residents to "health-harming chemicals, including black carbon and benzyne."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-kitimat-flaring-9.7200515
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"B.C.'s Energy Regulator told LNG Canada to identify the root cause of black smoke emissions during flaring at its Kitimat facility, implement a fix by October [2026]."
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment and other environmental groups, stated:
▪️ the facility has been exceeding monthly authorized emissions for several months
▪️ flaring activity exposed residents to "health-harming chemicals, including black carbon and benzyne."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lng-canada-kitimat-flaring-9.7200515
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Experts call for evenly applied forensic nursing services across B.C.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11851132/bc-forensic-nursing/
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Tell policy-makers BC demands access to #Novavax
This form lets you email several BC decision-makers at once – from the BCCDC, to your MLA, to BC Health Minister Josie Osborne and Dr. Bonnie Henry and their deputies.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-novavax-access-in-bc-for-2026-27?source=direct_link&
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EmailCampaign #EmailMLA #EmailMP #BritishColumbia #BCHealth #Vaccines #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #Canada #ProtectBC #Medical #HealthCare
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Tell policy-makers BC demands access to #Novavax
This form lets you email several BC decision-makers at once – from the BCCDC, to your MLA, to BC Health Minister Josie Osborne and Dr. Bonnie Henry and their deputies.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-novavax-access-in-bc-for-2026-27?source=direct_link&
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EmailCampaign #EmailMLA #EmailMP #BritishColumbia #BCHealth #Vaccines #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #Canada #ProtectBC #Medical #HealthCare
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Tell policy-makers BC demands access to #Novavax
This form lets you email several BC decision-makers at once – from the BCCDC, to your MLA, to BC Health Minister Josie Osborne and Dr. Bonnie Henry and their deputies.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-novavax-access-in-bc-for-2026-27?source=direct_link&
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EmailCampaign #EmailMLA #EmailMP #BritishColumbia #BCHealth #Vaccines #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #Canada #ProtectBC #Medical #HealthCare
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Tell policy-makers BC demands access to #Novavax
This form lets you email several BC decision-makers at once – from the BCCDC, to your MLA, to BC Health Minister Josie Osborne and Dr. Bonnie Henry and their deputies.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-novavax-access-in-bc-for-2026-27?source=direct_link&
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EmailCampaign #EmailMLA #EmailMP #BritishColumbia #BCHealth #Vaccines #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #Canada #ProtectBC #Medical #HealthCare
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Tell policy-makers BC demands access to #Novavax
This form lets you email several BC decision-makers at once – from the BCCDC, to your MLA, to BC Health Minister Josie Osborne and Dr. Bonnie Henry and their deputies.https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-novavax-access-in-bc-for-2026-27?source=direct_link&
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #EmailCampaign #EmailMLA #EmailMP #BritishColumbia #BCHealth #Vaccines #Covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #Canada #ProtectBC #Medical #HealthCare
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Registration of U.S. nurses in B.C. soars amid recruitment push
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11723576/bc-us-nurses/
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Meeting between researchers and City of Dawson Creek council (Feb 9, 2026) -- on the potential harms and health outcomes of oil and gas activity in northeast B.C.:
🩻 "52 studies on populations living near fracked gas from 2000 to 2022, finding that a large majority of the studies reported greater risks for impaired fetal growth, premature birth, congenital malformations, childhood cancer and heart disease."
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Meeting between researchers and City of Dawson Creek council (Feb 9, 2026) -- on the potential harms and health outcomes of oil and gas activity in northeast B.C.:
🩻 "52 studies on populations living near fracked gas from 2000 to 2022, finding that a large majority of the studies reported greater risks for impaired fetal growth, premature birth, congenital malformations, childhood cancer and heart disease."
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Meeting between researchers and City of Dawson Creek council (Feb 9, 2026) -- on the potential harms and health outcomes of oil and gas activity in northeast B.C.:
🩻 "52 studies on populations living near fracked gas from 2000 to 2022, finding that a large majority of the studies reported greater risks for impaired fetal growth, premature birth, congenital malformations, childhood cancer and heart disease."
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Meeting between researchers and City of Dawson Creek council (Feb 9, 2026) -- on the potential harms and health outcomes of oil and gas activity in northeast B.C.:
🩻 "52 studies on populations living near fracked gas from 2000 to 2022, finding that a large majority of the studies reported greater risks for impaired fetal growth, premature birth, congenital malformations, childhood cancer and heart disease."
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Meeting between researchers and City of Dawson Creek council (Feb 9, 2026) -- on the potential harms and health outcomes of oil and gas activity in northeast B.C.:
🩻 "52 studies on populations living near fracked gas from 2000 to 2022, finding that a large majority of the studies reported greater risks for impaired fetal growth, premature birth, congenital malformations, childhood cancer and heart disease."
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🇨🇦 Canada Health Act annual report, 2024-2025:
Whoa, 👀
"British Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services..."
"The province also directed private clinics to stop charging patients for insured MRI services... In recognition of these efforts, a partial reimbursement [of $ millions] was issued."
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🇨🇦 Canada Health Act annual report, 2024-2025:
Whoa, 👀
"British Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services..."
"The province also directed private clinics to stop charging patients for insured MRI services... In recognition of these efforts, a partial reimbursement [of $ millions] was issued."
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🇨🇦 Canada Health Act annual report, 2024-2025:
Whoa, 👀
"British Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services..."
"The province also directed private clinics to stop charging patients for insured MRI services... In recognition of these efforts, a partial reimbursement [of $ millions] was issued."
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🇨🇦 Canada Health Act annual report, 2024-2025:
Whoa, 👀
"British Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services..."
"The province also directed private clinics to stop charging patients for insured MRI services... In recognition of these efforts, a partial reimbursement [of $ millions] was issued."
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🇨🇦 Canada Health Act annual report, 2024-2025:
Whoa, 👀
"British Columbia has made positive strides to implement components of its RAP to improve access and eliminate patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services..."
"The province also directed private clinics to stop charging patients for insured MRI services... In recognition of these efforts, a partial reimbursement [of $ millions] was issued."
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@ZenHeathen
It absolutely does.If they can opt out of MAID for idealogical reasons, they can similarly refuse to provide access to reproductive healthcare or trans healthcare. In Alberta, they’ve taken this a step further and are trying to turn public hospitals over to faith-based group like Covenant Health, making them the defacto health authority.
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@ZenHeathen
It absolutely does.If they can opt out of MAID for idealogical reasons, they can similarly refuse to provide access to reproductive healthcare or trans healthcare. In Alberta, they’ve taken this a step further and are trying to turn public hospitals over to faith-based group like Covenant Health, making them the defacto health authority.
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@ZenHeathen
It absolutely does.If they can opt out of MAID for idealogical reasons, they can similarly refuse to provide access to reproductive healthcare or trans healthcare. In Alberta, they’ve taken this a step further and are trying to turn public hospitals over to faith-based group like Covenant Health, making them the defacto health authority.
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@ZenHeathen
It absolutely does.If they can opt out of MAID for idealogical reasons, they can similarly refuse to provide access to reproductive healthcare or trans healthcare. In Alberta, they’ve taken this a step further and are trying to turn public hospitals over to faith-based group like Covenant Health, making them the defacto health authority.
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@ZenHeathen
It absolutely does.If they can opt out of MAID for idealogical reasons, they can similarly refuse to provide access to reproductive healthcare or trans healthcare. In Alberta, they’ve taken this a step further and are trying to turn public hospitals over to faith-based group like Covenant Health, making them the defacto health authority.
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H/t: #BCHumanistSociety
END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE
Public Funds, Public Care
Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
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H/t: #BCHumanistSociety
END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE
Public Funds, Public Care
Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
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H/t: #BCHumanistSociety
END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE
Public Funds, Public Care
Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
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H/t: #BCHumanistSociety
END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE
Public Funds, Public Care
Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
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H/t: #BCHumanistSociety
END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE
Public Funds, Public Care
Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
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Update: we got mom to hospital last night. In speaking with her doctor we felt it was the best way to get her the tests she needs in a timely fashion; he’s concerned that her breast cancer could have metastasized to her spine and that could be why her back is all messed up. And the best way to get a CT scan (and the other tests she needs) quickly is at the hospital. And since we had no way to get her safely downstairs we had to call an ambulance so they could safely bring her down and transport her to the hospital.
It’s fucked because it seems like such a waste of valuable resources (hospital bed, EHS) when those things are in such short supply, but there really was no other option.
There has to be a better way…
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Update: we got mom to hospital last night. In speaking with her doctor we felt it was the best way to get her the tests she needs in a timely fashion; he’s concerned that her breast cancer could have metastasized to her spine and that could be why her back is all messed up. And the best way to get a CT scan (and the other tests she needs) quickly is at the hospital. And since we had no way to get her safely downstairs we had to call an ambulance so they could safely bring her down and transport her to the hospital.
It’s fucked because it seems like such a waste of valuable resources (hospital bed, EHS) when those things are in such short supply, but there really was no other option.
There has to be a better way…
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Update: we got mom to hospital last night. In speaking with her doctor we felt it was the best way to get her the tests she needs in a timely fashion; he’s concerned that her breast cancer could have metastasized to her spine and that could be why her back is all messed up. And the best way to get a CT scan (and the other tests she needs) quickly is at the hospital. And since we had no way to get her safely downstairs we had to call an ambulance so they could safely bring her down and transport her to the hospital.
It’s fucked because it seems like such a waste of valuable resources (hospital bed, EHS) when those things are in such short supply, but there really was no other option.
There has to be a better way…
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Update: we got mom to hospital last night. In speaking with her doctor we felt it was the best way to get her the tests she needs in a timely fashion; he’s concerned that her breast cancer could have metastasized to her spine and that could be why her back is all messed up. And the best way to get a CT scan (and the other tests she needs) quickly is at the hospital. And since we had no way to get her safely downstairs we had to call an ambulance so they could safely bring her down and transport her to the hospital.
It’s fucked because it seems like such a waste of valuable resources (hospital bed, EHS) when those things are in such short supply, but there really was no other option.
There has to be a better way…
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Update: we got mom to hospital last night. In speaking with her doctor we felt it was the best way to get her the tests she needs in a timely fashion; he’s concerned that her breast cancer could have metastasized to her spine and that could be why her back is all messed up. And the best way to get a CT scan (and the other tests she needs) quickly is at the hospital. And since we had no way to get her safely downstairs we had to call an ambulance so they could safely bring her down and transport her to the hospital.
It’s fucked because it seems like such a waste of valuable resources (hospital bed, EHS) when those things are in such short supply, but there really was no other option.
There has to be a better way…
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I love this idea and I have a friend whose husband is there. It seems to have helped him be less angry at his situation #canada #vancouver #langleybc #bchealth CBC News : Inside a B.C. ‘dementia village' that researchers hope could reshape long-term care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. 'dementia village' draws ... -
I love this idea and I have a friend whose husband is there. It seems to have helped him be less angry at his situation #canada #vancouver #langleybc #bchealth CBC News : Inside a B.C. ‘dementia village' that researchers hope could reshape long-term care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. 'dementia village' draws ... -
I love this idea and I have a friend whose husband is there. It seems to have helped him be less angry at his situation #canada #vancouver #langleybc #bchealth CBC News : Inside a B.C. ‘dementia village' that researchers hope could reshape long-term care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. 'dementia village' draws ... -
I love this idea and I have a friend whose husband is there. It seems to have helped him be less angry at his situation #canada #vancouver #langleybc #bchealth CBC News : Inside a B.C. ‘dementia village' that researchers hope could reshape long-term care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. 'dementia village' draws ... -
I love this idea and I have a friend whose husband is there. It seems to have helped him be less angry at his situation #canada #vancouver #langleybc #bchealth CBC News : Inside a B.C. ‘dementia village' that researchers hope could reshape long-term care www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. 'dementia village' draws ... -
This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?
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This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?
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This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?
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This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?
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This article doesn’t tell me enough to understand much about the different funding models or form an opinion on which is preferable. I know there’s a couple of docs on my feed. Anyone care to offer an opinion?
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Paying for healthcare is the stupidest thing ever.
My poor old moms has been laid up with a crook back for weeks now and is desperate for relief. Her doc put her on a wait list for an MRI which might not be until April next year.
Meanwhile, she has the ‘option’ of shelling out $1300 bucks and getting it done this week.
How is this not criminal extortion?
[EDIT: thanks, everyone for the well-wishes. I took Mom for her scan yesterday. Now we wait a couple weeks for the result…]
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Paying for healthcare is the stupidest thing ever.
My poor old moms has been laid up with a crook back for weeks now and is desperate for relief. Her doc put her on a wait list for an MRI which might not be until April next year.
Meanwhile, she has the ‘option’ of shelling out $1300 bucks and getting it done this week.
How is this not criminal extortion?
[EDIT: thanks, everyone for the well-wishes. I took Mom for her scan yesterday. Now we wait a couple weeks for the result…]