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RE: https://bclocal.news/@bcnews/117000513546283700
As I feared, these ER closures are becoming the new normal. It used to be that closing an emergency department would have been unthinkable. Now it’s a just another routine occurrence.
Heads should be rolling over this.
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RE: https://bclocal.news/@bcnews/117000513546283700
As I feared, these ER closures are becoming the new normal. It used to be that closing an emergency department would have been unthinkable. Now it’s a just another routine occurrence.
Heads should be rolling over this.
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@chris_e_simpson #lifelabs is so bad at this. I was trying to figure out how to get to my account a few weeks ago and forgot to go back and finish it, so thank you for the reminder, and good luck getting access.
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@chris_e_simpson #lifelabs is so bad at this. I was trying to figure out how to get to my account a few weeks ago and forgot to go back and finish it, so thank you for the reminder, and good luck getting access.
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Advocacy opportunity 📣 BC's Finance committee is now accepting written feedback on what to include in BC's 2027 budget. This is a critical chance to tell policy-makers to support clean air, Long COVID care, testing, wastewater monitoring and more.
Learn how to submit your written feedback at https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-2027-budget.../ - and find some sample answers you can use to make it easier! In past years, budget feedback has resulted in some notable successes - including a 2024 commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding.
This year's feedback deadline is 2 pm (Pacific Time) on Friday, June 19. Note that if you're already scheduled to present directly to the finance committee, you do *not* need to do a written submission as well.
#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCHealthcare #CleanTheAir #CleanAirEverywhere #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver
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Advocacy opportunity 📣 BC's Finance committee is now accepting written feedback on what to include in BC's 2027 budget. This is a critical chance to tell policy-makers to support clean air, Long COVID care, testing, wastewater monitoring and more.
Learn how to submit your written feedback at https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-government-2027-budget.../ - and find some sample answers you can use to make it easier! In past years, budget feedback has resulted in some notable successes - including a 2024 commitment of over $3 billion in continued pandemic funding.
This year's feedback deadline is 2 pm (Pacific Time) on Friday, June 19. Note that if you're already scheduled to present directly to the finance committee, you do *not* need to do a written submission as well.
#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCHealthcare #CleanTheAir #CleanAirEverywhere #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsNotOver
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Input opportunity 📣 We've been asked to share a new initiative by a research team at UBC. Right now, they're setting priorities for new research around "healthcare barriers related to respiratory infection risk" - and they want to hear from people across BC about what to focus on!
Do you live with chronic physical health conditions that increase risks from respiratory infections? Are you a family member, caregiver, or advocate for people with chronic physical health conditions? Your input can help shape future research projects!
👉 Take the anonymous survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xtweXavuikuiOy (Note: if you comment, like, or share this post you may become publicly identified with the study.)
Questions? Email: [email protected]. More about who's working on this initiative: https://heet.nursing.ubc.ca
#BCHealthcare #KeepMasksInHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #N95sSaveLives
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Input opportunity 📣 We've been asked to share a new initiative by a research team at UBC. Right now, they're setting priorities for new research around "healthcare barriers related to respiratory infection risk" - and they want to hear from people across BC about what to focus on!
Do you live with chronic physical health conditions that increase risks from respiratory infections? Are you a family member, caregiver, or advocate for people with chronic physical health conditions? Your input can help shape future research projects!
👉 Take the anonymous survey: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xtweXavuikuiOy (Note: if you comment, like, or share this post you may become publicly identified with the study.)
Questions? Email: [email protected]. More about who's working on this initiative: https://heet.nursing.ubc.ca
#BCHealthcare #KeepMasksInHealthcare #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #N95sSaveLives
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“109 doctors, 315 nurses, 51 nurse practitioners and 29 other health professionals trained in the U.S. had moved to the province as of April 1.
The ministry said it received 2,900 job applications from U.S. workers between March 2025 and February 2026.”
https://vancouversun.com/news/meet-some-american-health-care-workers-moved-bc
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“109 doctors, 315 nurses, 51 nurse practitioners and 29 other health professionals trained in the U.S. had moved to the province as of April 1.
The ministry said it received 2,900 job applications from U.S. workers between March 2025 and February 2026.”
https://vancouversun.com/news/meet-some-american-health-care-workers-moved-bc
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‼️ Breaking news ‼️ Novavax is back in Canada…but it’s up to the Province whether British Columbians will be able to access it.
Since 2024, BC has declined to order the Health Canada-approved Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine – the only protein-based COVID vaccine option for people in Canada. Yet for some British Columbians, a protein-based COVID vaccine like Novavax is the only vaccine option they can tolerate – meaning without it, they haven’t been able to get vaccinated.
Please join us in urging BC policy-makers to prioritize vaccine access and choice, by making Novavax available for the fall and winter 2026/27 season. This is a matter of safety and health equity for some of the most vulnerable amongst us, including some people who already have #LongCovid or other complex medical conditions.
Use our click-to-send email tool to take action: https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-demands-novavax/
#NovavaxNow #BCHealthCare #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #Covid19BC
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‼️ Breaking news ‼️ Novavax is back in Canada…but it’s up to the Province whether British Columbians will be able to access it.
Since 2024, BC has declined to order the Health Canada-approved Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine – the only protein-based COVID vaccine option for people in Canada. Yet for some British Columbians, a protein-based COVID vaccine like Novavax is the only vaccine option they can tolerate – meaning without it, they haven’t been able to get vaccinated.
Please join us in urging BC policy-makers to prioritize vaccine access and choice, by making Novavax available for the fall and winter 2026/27 season. This is a matter of safety and health equity for some of the most vulnerable amongst us, including some people who already have #LongCovid or other complex medical conditions.
Use our click-to-send email tool to take action: https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-demands-novavax/
#NovavaxNow #BCHealthCare #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #Covid19BC
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RE: https://socialbc.ca/@nanaimonews/116374373591723772
Once again, Canadian media uncritically reposts a propaganda hit-piece by right-wing, dark money funded ‘think tank’ to drive public outrage by misrepresenting the facts.
BC’s marketing campaign has successfully recruited hundreds of US healthcare workers at a time when our healthcare system is in crisis. Maybe it’s not just about the price of coffee? 🤔
“B.C. hires more than 400 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz”
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RE: https://socialbc.ca/@nanaimonews/116374373591723772
Once again, Canadian media uncritically reposts a propaganda hit-piece by right-wing, dark money funded ‘think tank’ to drive public outrage by misrepresenting the facts.
BC’s marketing campaign has successfully recruited hundreds of US healthcare workers at a time when our healthcare system is in crisis. Maybe it’s not just about the price of coffee? 🤔
“B.C. hires more than 400 U.S. health-care workers in 1-year recruitment blitz”
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‘Suffering’: B.C. family desperate to get gene therapy for son with rare condition
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11770263/bc-family-gene-therapy-son-rare-condition/
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This seems a bit alarmist, given that the ‘leaked memo’ is simply a letter written to the Health Minister, on behalf of a particular group; in itself it doesn’t signal an acceptance of their proposal by the government—I’m also wary of it because of the date of publication (Apr 1), although it doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that makes for a good prank.
However, we do need to remain vigilant of attempts by faith-based healthcare providers insinuating themselves into our public healthcare as this is already happening in Alberta.
Allowing faith-based healthcare providers into our public system opens the door to the denial of certain services or procedures on ‘moral’ grounds. This is unacceptable and contrary to the central premise of ‘universal’ healthcare.
#BCHealthcare #SecularHealthcare #ChristoFascism #BCHumanistAssociation
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This seems a bit alarmist, given that the ‘leaked memo’ is simply a letter written to the Health Minister, on behalf of a particular group; in itself it doesn’t signal an acceptance of their proposal by the government—I’m also wary of it because of the date of publication (Apr 1), although it doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that makes for a good prank.
However, we do need to remain vigilant of attempts by faith-based healthcare providers insinuating themselves into our public healthcare as this is already happening in Alberta.
Allowing faith-based healthcare providers into our public system opens the door to the denial of certain services or procedures on ‘moral’ grounds. This is unacceptable and contrary to the central premise of ‘universal’ healthcare.
#BCHealthcare #SecularHealthcare #ChristoFascism #BCHumanistAssociation
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Nurse practitioners struggling to find employment in B.C., despite high demand
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Advocacy opportunity 📣 Pre-register to present directly to BC gov about YOUR priorities for the next provincial budget!
The registration deadline is Friday, April 10 at 2pm: https://consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations/195 Presenting can be done virtually; they’ll follow up in May about whether you’ve been selected. Additional written input options will open in June.
This is a great chance to speak directly to policy-makers if you want things like:
💨 #CleanAir
🩺 #LongCovid care
💩 wastewater monitoring
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🧪 free rapid tests past 2026
💉 ongoing vaccine access including #NovavaxLet’s tell BC gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to protecting the health of British Columbians!
#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCpoli #BCHealthcare #Covid19BC #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #NovavaxNow
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Advocacy opportunity 📣 Pre-register to present directly to BC gov about YOUR priorities for the next provincial budget!
The registration deadline is Friday, April 10 at 2pm: https://consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations/195 Presenting can be done virtually; they’ll follow up in May about whether you’ve been selected. Additional written input options will open in June.
This is a great chance to speak directly to policy-makers if you want things like:
💨 #CleanAir
🩺 #LongCovid care
💩 wastewater monitoring
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🧪 free rapid tests past 2026
💉 ongoing vaccine access including #NovavaxLet’s tell BC gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to protecting the health of British Columbians!
#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCpoli #BCHealthcare #Covid19BC #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #NovavaxNow
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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/116258868141054937
We’re still in the third month, for anyone keeping score.
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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/116258868141054937
We’re still in the third month, for anyone keeping score.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-many-u-s-health-care-workers-are-in-b-c-9.7129903 “The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 42 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.”
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-many-u-s-health-care-workers-are-in-b-c-9.7129903 “The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 42 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.”
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#FortStJohn seniors worry over delayed long-term care home expansion | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-seniors-worry-care-home-delays-9.7105219 “Little says the number of people waiting for long-term care has increased 200% over the last decade, while the average wait time for a bed increased to 290 days” #RuralHealth #BCPoli #BCHealthcare #NorthernHealth
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#FortStJohn seniors worry over delayed long-term care home expansion | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fort-st-john-seniors-worry-care-home-delays-9.7105219 “Little says the number of people waiting for long-term care has increased 200% over the last decade, while the average wait time for a bed increased to 290 days” #RuralHealth #BCPoli #BCHealthcare #NorthernHealth
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Good news 🙌 Following our campaign in September (https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-on-n95s-into-bc-law/), WorkSafeBC has announced that once the most up-to-date standard for respirators in the workplace (CSA Z94.4) is released, they’re going to review it for future updates to BC’s workplace regulations.
This means we’re one step closer to getting up-to-date best practices about workplace N95 use and airborne transmission into BC law!
Thank you to everyone who wrote in to WorkSafe and attended the public hearing. Your voices made an impact! If you want a refresher on what a CSA standard is and why this one’s important, find our explainer at https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-for-n95s/ 😷
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Good news 🙌 Following our campaign in September (https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-on-n95s-into-bc-law/), WorkSafeBC has announced that once the most up-to-date standard for respirators in the workplace (CSA Z94.4) is released, they’re going to review it for future updates to BC’s workplace regulations.
This means we’re one step closer to getting up-to-date best practices about workplace N95 use and airborne transmission into BC law!
Thank you to everyone who wrote in to WorkSafe and attended the public hearing. Your voices made an impact! If you want a refresher on what a CSA standard is and why this one’s important, find our explainer at https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-for-n95s/ 😷
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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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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115798969806238724
Everyone that had scheduled your emergencies for tonight will now have to reschedule them for tomorrow.
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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115798969806238724
Everyone that had scheduled your emergencies for tonight will now have to reschedule them for tomorrow.
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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115787554868052293
Yeah… So if you could contain your emergencies to just regular business hours, that’d be great.
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RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115787554868052293
Yeah… So if you could contain your emergencies to just regular business hours, that’d be great.
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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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Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!
Join us to demand:
📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
💨 Clean air measures
💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
🧪 Access to COVID tests
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🏥 Improved Long Covid careVisit https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-campaign/ to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!
#BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth
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Psst - the BC government is currently finalizing the plan for the 2026 provincial budget (which will likely be presented in February 2026). This gives us ONE LAST CHANCE to make sure that BC invests in key public health priorities in the coming year!
Join us to demand:
📈 Wastewater monitoring & communicable disease dashboard updates year round
💨 Clean air measures
💉 Vaccine access, inclusing Novavax
🧪 Access to COVID tests
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🏥 Improved Long Covid careVisit https://donoharmbc.ca/bc-budget-2026-campaign/ to get our easy email script - or simply add your representative to your holiday card list, because mail to MLAs is free!
#BCBudget2026 #BCpoli #BCHealthCare #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid #NovavaxNow #Postcards4PublicHealth
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https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kamloops/Interior_Health_recruits_two_new_OB_GYNs_to_bolster_Kamloops_maternity_care/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&utm_campaign=bd4a1af49f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-bd4a1af49f-632038545 #BCHealthcare
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https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Kamloops/Interior_Health_recruits_two_new_OB_GYNs_to_bolster_Kamloops_maternity_care/?utm_source=KamloopsBCNow%3A+Stuff+That+Matters&utm_campaign=bd4a1af49f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c6c74ff35d-bd4a1af49f-632038545 #BCHealthcare
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https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/17/Why-BC-Emergency-Departments-Crowded/ “Today’s problems are the result of downsizing in the late 1980s and 1990s, when provinces and territories slashed the acute care capacities of their hospitals by around 30 per cent,” #BCHealthcare
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https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/17/Why-BC-Emergency-Departments-Crowded/ “Today’s problems are the result of downsizing in the late 1980s and 1990s, when provinces and territories slashed the acute care capacities of their hospitals by around 30 per cent,” #BCHealthcare
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ACTION ALERT 📣 BC is falling behind in protecting patients, healthcare workers, and our healthcare system. As we enter fall and winter, Newfoundland, Labrador, PEI, and major Quebec and Ontario hospitals have already restored mask requirements in medical settings – yet so far, BC has failed to take action.
Instead of masks in healthcare, BC has:
🏥 increasing hospital & ER closures (over 250 so far this year)
🚨 expert warnings about the possibility of the "worst kind of flu season”, due to a mismatch between the current vaccine and an emerging dominant strain
🦠 a global surge of COVID-19
🐓 a rise in avian influenza outbreaks
☣️ increased measles exposures in BC, coupled with the loss of Canada’s measles elimination status 😭😭😭It’s past time for action. Head to https://donoharmbc.ca/masks-in-healthcare/ to join our renewed calls for BC to restore healthcare mask protections ASAP - and to improve them by closing loopholes and making respirators (like N95 masks) the default choice 😷
#KeepMasksInHealthcare #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BCHealthcare #COVID19BC #measles #h5n1
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ACTION ALERT 📣 BC is falling behind in protecting patients, healthcare workers, and our healthcare system. As we enter fall and winter, Newfoundland, Labrador, PEI, and major Quebec and Ontario hospitals have already restored mask requirements in medical settings – yet so far, BC has failed to take action.
Instead of masks in healthcare, BC has:
🏥 increasing hospital & ER closures (over 250 so far this year)
🚨 expert warnings about the possibility of the "worst kind of flu season”, due to a mismatch between the current vaccine and an emerging dominant strain
🦠 a global surge of COVID-19
🐓 a rise in avian influenza outbreaks
☣️ increased measles exposures in BC, coupled with the loss of Canada’s measles elimination status 😭😭😭It’s past time for action. Head to https://donoharmbc.ca/masks-in-healthcare/ to join our renewed calls for BC to restore healthcare mask protections ASAP - and to improve them by closing loopholes and making respirators (like N95 masks) the default choice 😷
#KeepMasksInHealthcare #MaskUp #MasksSaveLives #N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #BCHealthcare #COVID19BC #measles #h5n1
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“B.C. doctors pen letter in support of Kamloops OBGYNs as opposition MLAs press government on maternity crisis”
#BCNews #BCHealthCare #InteriorHealth #KamloopsBC
https://cfjctoday.com/2025/10/27/numerous-b-c-doctors-pen-letter-in-support-of-kamloops-obgyns-as-opposition-mlas-press-government-on-maternity-crisis/ -
It’s interesting watching the people of #KamloopsBC losing their minds about first all the OBGYNs quitting, and now all the Psychiatrists, considering how they hard they keep voting Conservative at every level.
Folks, this is the plan working exactly as intended.
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It’s interesting watching the people of #KamloopsBC losing their minds about first all the OBGYNs quitting, and now all the Psychiatrists, considering how they hard they keep voting Conservative at every level.
Folks, this is the plan working exactly as intended.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/private-addiction-treatment-centres-unregulated-danger-9.6948952
“The lack of substantive regulations governing private residential substance use treatment centres is an issue former B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe has been trying to raise awareness about for years.” #BCHealthcare
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“the ICCHA-Wish Coronary Care Unit at RIH remains closed due to a shortage of specialized cardiac nurses.” #BCHealthcare
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We asked BC’ers... do you have free healthcare? The results will SHOCK you into reading our full healthcare platform, now on our website ⚡ #bcpoli #bchealthcare
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https://cheknews.ca/b-c-says-780-u-s-healthcare-workers-applied-for-jobs-in-past-2-months-1266915/
“2,250 healthcare workers – either signed up for webinars or expressed interest in working in the province since March.
That total includes 827 doctors, 851 nurses, 254 nurse practitioners and 256 allied health professionals”
#bchealthcare