In 2014, then provincial health officer Perry Kendall called for mandatory registration similar to the Ontario model after 342measles cases were reported in the Fraser Valley. Thats the direction wed like to go, said Dix, adding he doesnt know why it didnt happen earlier.
Date: Feb 26, 2019
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BC looks to implement mandatory measles registration for schools
Adrian Dix said in question period Tuesday that after the2014 outbreak in school communities in the Frazer Valley, where there were 342 cases of the disease,the provincial officer of health at the time Dr. Perry Kendall recommended such a system for both public and private schools
Date: Feb 26, 2019
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Surrey consumption site first to supervise users taking oral, nasal drugs
BCs top doctor, Perry Kendall, says expanding the number of substances that can be used at a supervised site will mean fewer overdoses and more lives saved. In addition, staff at both sites will have greater opportunities to engage with people and connect them to treatment services when they are w
Date: Jun 27, 2017
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BC's top doctor urges parents to talk to kids about opioid overdoses
In a letter that will be distributed through middle and high schools next week, Dr. Perry Kendall writes that 19 young people between the ages of 14 and 18 have died from illicit drug overdoses since January 2016.
Date: Jun 16, 2017
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Health Canada approves three more supervised injection sites for Metro Vancouver
From a medical health and public health perspective, all modes of consumption can be dangerous and should be supervised, so its incomprehensible to me that there would currently be this restriction, said Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.s chief provincial health officer.
The overdose prevention centres were set up to provide drug users with a warm, indoorplace to use drugs, in close proximity to medical staff in the event they overdose, said Dr. Perry Kendall, the provincial medical health officer.
Date: Dec 20, 2016
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Trudeau sells Trans Mountain decision during BC visit
Trudeau said he also met with B.C's provincial health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, to discuss the opioid crisis. More than 750 people have died in the province this year of illicit drug overdoses, many of them linked to fentanyl.
Date: Dec 20, 2016
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'It affects all walks of life': BC records 755 overdose deaths in 11 months
"Beds are part of the solution, but it's what happens in those beds, before that bed, and what happens after you get out of that bed, in terms of support," said Dr. Perry Kendall, B.C.'s provincial health officer.
Date: Dec 19, 2016
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