Helping People Lose Weight Via Traditional & Surgery Alternatives
In 2008 the BC Government put into place Patient Quality Control Boards to address health care treatment that doesn’t live up to the world class health system British Columbians should expect and are entitled to. To create these boards, the Government legislated Bill 41 – the Patient Care Quality Review Board Act which lays out the expectations and mandate that the Boards operate under.
A Quality Care Review is warranted if:
(i) the delivery of, or the failure to deliver, health care;
Highlights
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Obesity – The Last Discrimination Stronghold
I feel discriminated against. Why? Because I’m fat or was fat. Yes, I’ve already had weight loss surgery and lost more than 145 lbs, but I still see myself as being fat. I still think of myself as one of my brothers and sisters of the new “In” discrimination crowd known as “Fat People” and frankly, I’m pissed!
For some time now society has viewed people who discriminate against others of different gender, colour, ethnic groups or religion as the lowest of low, slimy and red neck like, but it’s perfectly ok if a person is fat. In fact it appears that we’re one of the last minority groups that still faces intolerable bigotry. I’d even go so far as to say we’ve replaced most of the other minority groups that are no longer “fashionable” for bigots to show their discrimination and prejudice against. At least in the past, we were one of many groups. Now we’ve risen to the top of the list. The last Discrimination Stronghold! Read the rest of this post
Great news! Our site has been picked up by Google News feed. This means all articles posted here will be added to Google’s worldwide news. No small feat! It’s a long and arduous journey to get accepted to Google News.
So what’s so cool about Google News? – Articles from Google News get picked up from main stream newspapers and publishers across the world. Google News is often sourced for research and entire articles are reprinted in various medium – including being used by TV and radio. Read the rest of this post
The British Columbia Association of Bariatric Advocates condemns the Vancouver Island Health Authority cutbacks as being short sighted. The decision to cut bariatric surgery at a time when its access should be increased is neither sound health policy nor sound fiscal management.
Five percent of the total health budget goes to treating obesity-related illness. Despite the well-documented growing problem of obesity, despite the number of people suffering and dying (over 2000 a year in British Columbia), despite the staggering cost of obesity, it is one of the hardest medical problems to access treatment for. And it just got harder. Read the rest of this post
