Protect Our Province
Protect Our Province BC holds briefing on COVID-19 infections in hospitals
June 26, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, Peak Associate and Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief On May 30, Protect Our Province BC hosted an online event where a panel of healthcare researchers discussed the prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare settings, the lack of protective measures against its spread through the air, and its impact on vulnerable patients. Protect Our Province BC is an organization of scientists, healthcare workers, and community advocates calling on BC’s health authorities to enforce evidence-based policies to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The panellists included Dr. Victor Leung, who specializes in infection prevention. Leung explained healthcare-associated infections are acquired while receiving healthcare…
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BC health advocates demand return of mandatory masks in healthcare
May 14, 2024By: Yashita Dhillon, News Writer In response to April’s removal of mandatory mask mandates in healthcare settings, BC’s health advocacy group DoNoHarm BC, joined by Protect Our Province BC and Masks4EastVan, are leading a campaign to urge the provincial government…
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Dr. Lyne Filiatrault discusses masks in healthcare
October 17, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On September 27, BC provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, and health minister, Adrian Dix, announced mandatory masking would be re-established in healthcare environments as COVID-19 cases are rising at a rapid rate. Starting October…
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Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi speaks on COVID-19, public health, and preventive care
February 21, 2023By: Michelle Young, Editor-in-Chief “Scientifically and objectively, we’re really still in the midst of this pandemic,” said Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi in conversation with Protect our Province BC. “Emotionally, much of the population — I think to no fault of their…
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Protect Our Province BC calls for immediate unrestricted access to Paxlovid
January 11, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer With the onset of the winter season, and a surging triple-demic of respiratory illnesses, the organization Protect Our Province BC released an open letter addressed to the provincial leaders. The letter calls for the immediate…
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