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Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - British Columbia's health care crisis has reached Cortes Island. A number of complex factors led to the resignation of all three doctors working out of the Cortes Island Medical Clinic. Their contract ends on Sunday, March 31, 2024. “The physicians that we've had in our physicians group are moving on to do things in their own lives. They're starting practices elsewhere and it no longer fits for them to come here,” explained Bernice McGowan, on behalf of the Cortes Community Health Association (CCHA) board. “We will not be shutting the doors of the clinic on April 1st. That's not in the foreseeable future. If our physicians leave, the worst case scenario is that we have a whole bunch of locums coming and we've been in this position before, where the only people that we had covering the practice were locums.” She was referring to the situation prior to the beginning of the current group practice in 2016. “I was only involved with the Health Centre because I was the home care nurse, so I was aware that there were different doctors every week. I would phone up with a concern about a client and this doctor didn't have a clue who I was. Even though I said, ‘I'm the home care nurse,' they didn't know how much to trust me and my judgment. It's like going to a walk in clinic and that's not the model we've had for several years. It's not good patient care and Island Health is very aware of that.” “I don't know how long it lasted for, I think probably a year or so, then Dr. Mary Jo Woolgar got together with some of the locums who had been coming here regularly, to put together a group practice proposal, which is what we've had since then.” On Friday October 13 the CCHA met with Island Health to discuss the situation. CC: Who was at that meeting? BM: “Three board members, including myself. Rose Fitcyk, who's our admin person, was also there.” “The people from Island Health were Michelle Crosby, Director of Primary Care for Courtney Comox and Campbell River area, Erin Harrison, head of the primary care network which we are part of, Dr Louis DeBruin, who is the Medical Director for Courtney Comox, Campbell River, I believe and Dr Janet Conrad, who's the Primary Care Medical Director for Campbell River. These are not the people who necessarily negotiate the contracts, but they are the people who know what's going on.” “They are committed to making sure that there's some kind of primary care on Cortes. They don't all want us to suddenly need to go to Campbell River for health care. We're being told that there's a shortage of physicians and given the extra complexities of getting people here, they floated the idea of a nurse practitioner continuing the practice.” McGowan explained that the health centre is much busier and there are more demands on the physicians, than when she started working there five years ago.
Erin Harrison joins me today as we speak together about elevating motherhood to a higher level. It has been degraded to a low state, but God wants us to come up higher. To come up to His marvelous ways.
Erin Harrison joins me today. Erin is one of our hilltop families and now they are married into the family! Erin's daughter is married to Pearl's son, so we share the same new baby (Isla Rose). Erin is the grandmother, and I am the great-grandmother. Today Erin and I talk about our kitchens. Starting with breakfast, what do we eat, what do we do, and how do we do it? And what do we not eat? Come on in to be blessed and encouraged. Next week we will talk about what we do for lunch and supper.
I’m really excited for this episode, because I know we all need it! In this guest episode, we’re talking about motherhood in a pandemic and how to have a healthy relationship with our partner when one or both of you are struggling with mental health. Our guest Erin Harrison teaches us steps to process our own emotions, communicate with a partner, and build resilience. Shownotes: vibrantmompreneurs.com/podcast coaching: vibrantmompreneurs.com/coaching
Erin Harrison joins me today as we talk about the attitude we have towards our husbands. Do you treat him like dirt, or do you treat him like Jesus? Is it possible to treat him like Jesus, even when he acts the opposite?
In this episode, you'll learn all about backyard gardening as a homemaker. We discuss building your soil, planting in small areas or containers, growing for yourself and others. We even get into a little about training children. If you're at all interested in gardening, homemaking or raising children, you'll love this podcast!
Erin Harrison and I talk about being queens of our homes. Yes, dear mother, you are a queen. But we must get to the nitty gritty. How do we become the queen of the home? It doesn’t automatically happen. We have to make it happen. Enjoy listening to find the secrets.
We hope you enjoy this weeks message by Erin Harrison.
This week Erin Harrison continues our Genesis series, recounting the life of Abraham.
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Welcome to our first week of Create Month. This week we enjoyed our service in the courtyard, and we were blessed with an insightful word from Erin Harrison about changing with the seasons.
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This week we continue our series called 'Discovering Your Gifts'. Erin Harrison shares on the 'Gifts of the Father', which are found in Romans 12:6-8. These gifts are prophesy, serving, teaching, encouragement, giving, leading and mercy.
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Erin Harrison continues our series studying the first letter of the apostle Peter. In this lesson, she explains the role of sheep and shephards in God's church, and how we can best fulfill both roles.
Erin Harrison and Erin Crowther team up to continue our series studying the first letter of the apostle Peter
Message by Chris Dewar, Michael Samild and Erin Harrison, C3 Church Narara, Central Coast