Ms. Que BanhAug 23, 2024

Briefly: Payments to #BCNDP #BCPremier DavidEby’s #HealthAdvisor were #hidden under a numbered company in the annual sunshine list.
Penny Ballem, who is also chair of #VancouverCoastalHealth, billed nearly $300,000 last year, exceeding #HealthMinister #AdrianDix’s salary.
The #PublicAccounts also reveal payments to NDP-aligned #advertising agencies and high salaries to #CrownCorporation heads.

https://thebreaker.news/business/2024-ndp-public-accounts

#BCpoli #PublicHealth #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #HealthCareFailure #BCHealth

B.C. public accounts reveal big paycheques and red ink - theBreaker

The NDP government's annual public accounts sunshine list contains some surprises.

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BC Info BotSep 27, 2023
Global News BC: Vernon, B.C. parent frustrated by hospital ER doc’s response to child who needed care https://globalnews.ca/news/9989495/vernon-b-c-parent-frustrated-er-response-child-care/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VernonJubileeHospital #OkanaganHealthCare #healthcarefailure #AshleyLaybourn #MaddoxLaybourn #boyhasseizure #NorthOkanagan #Vernon #Crime #ER
Vernon, B.C. parent frustrated by hospital ER doc’s response to child who needed care

The mother of a four-year-old boy who went into medical distress just minutes after leaving a B.C. hospital emergency room wants to remind other parents to trust their gut.

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PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦Apr 1, 2023

#Syphilis cases in #babies #skyrocket in Canada amid health-care failures

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/syphilis-cases-in-babies-skyrocket-in-canada-amid-health-care-failures-1.6797257?cmp=rss

"Rate rising faster than in U.S., Europe, driven by "methamphetamine use, roadblocks to care." #cdnpoli #HealthCareFailure

Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid health-care failures | CBC News

The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said is driven by increased methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Indigenous people.

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Jeff BrynerNov 19, 2022

A fun game for Americans who get ads would be "guess the side effects"!

Given a brand name drug, what are the side effects listed in small print or read way too fast by the advertising voice over.

Entresto: blurry vision
Vaxelis: breathing that stops during sleep
Ozempic: confusion

Extra points for anything that has to explain body parts like the perineum or what death is

#healthcareFailure
#brokenSystem
#pharmacyAdvertising