Spoken interpretation services available to community specialists
When working in their community offices, specialists can now access free spoken language interpreting services as part of a one-year pilot project that is funded by the SSC.
Spotlight on a Specialist – Dr Nazira Chatur
Dr Nazira Chatur, a Vancouver gastroenterologist credits her mentors for inspiring her to pursue her chosen specialty. In fact, when asked about her mentors, she recalls how much she loved being on-call with her mentor, Dr Donald Carr.
A new care space for reproductive infectious diseases
BC Children’s hospital and BC Women’s Hospital & Health Center have many available experts and resources to address reproductive infectious diseases (RID), affecting mothers and their infants. However, up until now these services were siloed in their respective hospitals. Mothers with RID delivered at BC Women’s and their infants born with congenital infections received their care at BC Children’s. Lead by Dr Chelse Elwood and with the help of the Joint Collaborative Committees (JCC)’s Health System Redesign (HSR) project, both the RID and Pediatric Infectious Disease programs are transitioning into one space – the Oak Tree Clinic (OTC).
