Vancouver, BC – May 3, 2010 When it comes to the privacy of personal health information everyone in British Columbia needs to know how FIPPA (also known as FOIPPA) is different from PIPA, and the same may apply in other jurisdictions across ...

Story - zessak - 2010-05-03 08:53 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 1 group

Judicial Review of Dr. Bonnie Henry’s Orders begins in BC Supreme Court on Monday, November 20, 2023.

Update: The Judgment was released on May 10, 2024 and is available on the BCSC website: Hoogerbrug v. British Columbia, 2024 BCSC 794 – 2024/05/10 Dr. Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - November 19, 2023. Finally, an opportunity for ev ...

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Has the BC Medical Association been stolen from the members?

... its total lack of transparency: "RESOLUTION B12/06/08-42 That the BCMA Board rescinds Board Resolution B89-322 of September ... MD Web Links: Alex Tsakumis blog 2012-11-06 Allan Seckel goes to BCMA http://alexgtsakumis.com/2012/11/06/exclusive-breaking-news-the-boessenk... Post-Employment Restrictions ...

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Why is our health care system and government broken? Part 2.

Dr. Zafar Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - October 6, 2024. Part 2 in a series covering different aspects of our health care system and government. Let’s apply our thinking to the problems and solutions. Part 2. Early closure of debate er ...

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The future of medicine and health care in BC and Canada: Where are we going?

... one of several emanating from the agreement of 2006, with the goal of a GP for everyone in BC who wants one by 2015 - a goal ... 2016-06-07 Doctors petition for halt to health record system rollout ... are blamed on the users, not the system. ... 2016-06-10 Vancouver Sun Opinion: A GP for Me has helped many ... by Dr Terence ...

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What loud bells will wake BC doctors and the public to the dangers of Bill 36, the HPOA?

Dr. Zafar Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - November 6, 2023. There is a sleeping sickness throughout our land. It has found its way into health care and affected all the doctors. It is not some esoteric thing happening in some small political arena or ...

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Request for the Doctors Of BC to send package to all doctors offices to repeal Bill 36.

The next Board meeting of the Association of Doctors of BC is on Friday January 27, 2023. Doctors throughout BC who are concerned about Bill 36 can send an email request to the President and the Board to prepare and send a package to all doctors offices ...

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Dr Eric Cadesky becomes new President-Elect Doctors Of BC

Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver BC - July 26, 2017. Congratulations to Dr Eric Cadesky on winning the election for President-Elect of the Doctors Of BC, the BC Medical Association. It has been an interesting campaign with opportunities to get to k ...

Forum topic - zessak - 2018-02-25 17:26 - 8 comments - 0 attachments - 1 group

More than 400 doctors attend Bill 36 HPOA Webinar by Doctors of BC

... really only happened over a course of four years, between 2019 and 2022, and while DOBC had some input in 2020, there was nothing else. ... selected an expert, Harry Cayton, to provide a report in 2019. They knew from his work in the NHS that his recommendations would be what ...

Forum topic - zessak - 2024-04-16 10:51 - 1 comment - 0 attachments - 1 group

Is BC NDP new legislation poised to politically interfere with licensing of doctors and health professionals?