Vancouver, BC: Lyme disease sufferers ticked off with Vancouver clinic that was supposed to help them
BY DAN FUMANO, THE PROVINCE
In 2013, a clinic heralded as the first of its kind in Canada opened in Vancouver with a mandate to diagnose and treat Lyme disease in B.C.
It was a moment of great hope and optimism for many chronic Lyme sufferers in B.C. But two years later, frustrated patients say the clinic, the Complex Chronic Disease Program, has been a failure and they haven’t been able to get the treatment they seek — and they want to know why.
According to Health Canada, Lyme disease is a serious illness caused by the bite of an infected black-legged tick. Symptoms can include fatigue, recurring arthritis, paralysis and cognitive dysfunction.
Lyme disease has often been a contentious topic in Canada, and the CCDP has been beset by controversy. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation publicly renounced and criticized the CCDP, and a series of doctors resigned their positions to protest management decisions they said compromised patient care.
I want to read the full article listed above but link does not work, or leads to a ” Not found,” notice.
Also scared now about where to get reliable Lymes treatment for my late stage lymes disease in Canada.
Can you help?
Kind regards, Melanie Abela
I have written to the author of the article asking him where the article was moved to. I will update this when I hear from him. Thanks for the heads up.
My friend has been admitted into hospital 6 times in the past 7 months, she has a PICC for her antibiotics and is taking oral antibiotics as well, they say she has MRSA and SASS which has affected her 4th and 5th vertibrea, but they don’t know how she contacted it. I did mention to 2 Dr’s at 2 different Hospitals that she had had a red rash on her ankle like a ringworm sign, before all the problems started and could it be that she has Lyme Disease – both Doctors said definitely no / there are no problems here with Lyme Disease in the Delta area, only up North Country or down in the US.
How can one rule out completely Lyme Disease without testing and am I worrying for nothing but with Dr. Lucy Kinninmonth being told she had not got it from 20 medical specialist and it turns out she has?????????
Dear Jim,
I am creating a package of information for someone to go to the media with and I really want to add this full article. Have you heard where its at yet?
Thanks!!
The link to the full article no longer works.
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Lyme+disease+sufferers+ticked+with+Vancouver+clinic+that/10995374/story.html
gets redirected to
https://theprovince.com/category/health
and a search of the site for “Lyme Disease” yields nothing about the CCDP
2019 Presentation with Dr. Nacul (September 21st 2019) is on today by livestream and in person in Vancouver
Nacul is the new Medical Director of the CCDP.
You are allowed up to 3 questions/comments every 30 seconds in the chat.
Register now or go attend at the door
Date / Time: Saturday, 21 September / 2:15pm (PDT)
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/presentation-qa-with-dr-luis-nacul-in-person-livestream-tickets-66158621217
Location:
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Chan Education Centre & Auditorium
Entrance #18, 938 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver
Courtesy of MEFM society of bc
Come meet and welcome the BC Women’s Complex Chronic Diseases Program new Medical Director, Dr. Luis Nacul.
Dr. Nacul is a doctor and general practitioner, with training across medicine, epidemiology and public health. He was Clinical Associate Professor and researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, United Kingdom, and led the CureME team and the UK ME/CFS Biobank.
This event will also be Livestreamed and recorded, with video posted on our website when it is ready.
Should be fixed now.