Daphne Bramham: It's not enough to just keep overdose victims alive

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:12:09 +0000

British Columbia’s overdose death numbers declined by a third last year. But that’s where the good news ends. With toxic brain injuries on the rise and gaping holes in the treatment system, the crisis is far from over as B.C. coroner emphasizes that it’s not enough to simply keep people alive.

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Daphne Bramham: Urgent overhaul of long-term care funding and oversight needed

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:40:58 +0000

Opinion: The system is broken when for-profit operators get to keep the money when they don’t deliver the long-term care the government pays them to provide. And that’s just one example of what’s going wrong.

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Daphne Bramham: Before planes become Noah's ark, some regulation is needed

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:15:21 +0000

Opinion: A long list of bizarre and strange animals are queuing for flights alongside their owners.

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Daphne Bramham: Self-governing pharmacists or government? Who should keep bad health professionals in line?

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 01:10:29 +0000

OPINION: It took nearly three years to discipline one particular pharmacist who was breaking the rules. Clearly, something isn’t working.

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Daphne Bramham: Complexity of recovery home rules mixes the good with the bad

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:07:09 +0000

B.C.’s rules for addiction recovery houses are so opaque that even one of the largest care providers didn’t know that it needed to register.

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