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The BC Government has passed a new policy that dramatically restricts access to virtual group medical care, imposing 20-person caps that make many virtual clinics across BC financially and clinically non-viable – effectively forcing them to shut down and cutting off what is, for many patients, their only access to safe, effective, and informed life-saving medical care. In this episode, Denise Elysa is joined by Dr. Ric Arseneau and Dr. Jane McKay, Internal Medicine Specialists and Co-Directors of the BC Centre for Long COVID, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia (BC-CLMF), to discuss what this policy change means for their now over 6000+ patients, the clinicians who treat them, and the healthcare system as a whole. (2 hours 21 minutes)
Patients at a very specialized medical clinic are sounding the alarm about their access to life-improving treatment amid provincial cost-cutting efforts
Vancouver Island patients and doctors of a clinic that specializes in treating chronic illnesses are worried that a new change from the Ministry of Health will deplete their quality of care access
Thousands of patients suffering with long COVID and other chronic conditions in B.C. could be left in the lurch in the new year if the province goes ahead with planned cuts to a virtual care clinic. Lifeline B.C.'s Amanda Kanuka discusses the impact on the overall healthcare system
The province has one main clinic offering care to more than 5,200 online patients. By Michelle Gamage
A unique medical clinic may have to drop patients because of changes to the MSP, Guest: Dr. Ric Arseneau, General Internal Medicine Specialist, focused on long COVID-19, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
Guest: Dr. Jane McKay, General Internal Medicine Specialist, focused on long COVID-19, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
How the province looking to the number of patients allowed to take part in virtual group medical visits could impact this clinic
At least one clinic could be forced to close, leaving 5,000 patients in the lurch as research on long-term impacts of virus still underway. By Alec Lazenby
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