Doctor on the phone
May 18, 2022

Statement from Doctors of BC President Dr Ramneek Dosanjh and Board Chair Dr Adam Thompson

Doctors of BC is committed to addressing the challenges in our primary care system. Almost one million British Columbians do not have a family doctor. It is critical that steps are taken to...

Residential Care
July 3, 2018

The Vancouver Sun recently published an opinion piece by Doctors of BC President, Dr Eric Cadesky, that shows how physicians in our province are improving the quality of care for seniors living in residential care.
 
The Residential Care Initiative, funded by Doctors of BC and the BC...

Dr Melissa Obersholster
June 20, 2018

In addition to caring for her patients, she is a leader in recruiting physicians to Vancouver Island. “We don’t recruit a physician, we recruit a family.”

 

When Dr Melissa Oberholster first arrived in Nanaimo BC, straight from South Africa in January 2009, two feet of...

Dementia
November 14, 2017

BC doctors are always looking to improve the way care is provided, particularly to our aging population. One area of concern is the complex disease of dementia. Geriatricians Drs Leena Jain and Michael Peter O'Connor through funding from the Specialist Services Committee, a joint partnership of...

Rural Stories
October 4, 2017

Contending with challenges including weather, geography, limited resources, and services available only at a distance, health care providers in rural and remote communities have long relied on creative thinking when it comes to providing effective patient care. In a new collection of stories,...