Medical care--British Columbia

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Dr. Embert van Tilburg interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Medical missionary work RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1976-04-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Two sisters of the Order of Charity and Providence joined the interview -- Sister Maynard and Sister Catherine. Van Tilburg's childhood in Amsterdam, Holland; Levden medical school; immigration to Vancouver; interning at St. Paul's, 1953 to 1955; practice in Victoria from 1956 onward; consultant for old people's home run by Mother Cecilia and the Sisters of the Love of Jesus; 1964 extended care facilities put into Mother Cecilia's home; becomes well-known example of extended care of high calibre; films on it shown in Israel and University of Toronto hospital administration course. TRACK 2: History of St. Paul's, read by Sister Maynard; selections from a book in documentation; 1886 Vancouver Great Fire; Holy Rosary Church; 1894 need for hospital fulfilled by Sisters of Providence; 25 bed hospital; duties of order; its work in Western Canada; Sister Maynard's pastoral work at St. Paul's, 1976; medical services registration; incidents; CUSO; outpatient clothing department run by Sister Catherine; the holistic approach at a Catholic hospital; Meals on Wheels, 1975.

Dr. F.M. Bryant interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1962-03-28 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Bryant talks about Dr. Helmcken, Dr. Davie, and other pioneer doctors; early training for medicine; recollections about area doctors and hospitals; first impressions of Victoria in 1911; downtown buildings; the real estate boom; effects of World War I; Victoria of the 1960s; tourism; passenger boats; Mr. Sayward; the Protestant orphanage; the Tolmie family; prominent early families; the Dunsmuirs and the Wilson family. TRACK 2: Dr. Bryant continues with his recollections about Victoria families; the Tolmie family; Bishop Cridge; Joe Norris; Chinese residents; and the East Indian population.

Dr. F.P. Patterson interview

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. F.P. Patterson, Head of Orthopedics, UBC Faculty of Medicine at VGH PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1963 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-12 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: orthopedic surgeon, Vancouver General Hospital, 1945 to date of interview. VGH after WW II. The field of orthopedics at VGH after WWII. The establishment of the University of British Columbia Medical School and the various changes brought about by its establishment. The administration of VGH in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Head of Orthopedics, 1950 and building a new university department in medicine. The relationship of UBC and VGH over the Faculty of Medicine. Changes at VGH caused by the Medical School. The medical board and Board of Trustees in the 1950s.;

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Development of health care, Vancouver General Hospital PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-19 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: Discussion of the operation of Vancouver General Hospital services and the privileges of doctors in the 1950s and 1960s. Problems with bed allocation. Dr. John F. McCreery, Dean of Medicine. The operation of the medical school. UBC Health Science Centre and its concept. Competition between UBC and VGH. Discussion of hospital administration. Problems during this period with the physical plant and hospital facilities. Discussion of the achievements of VGH -- cardiac facility, renal failure unit, physical medicine and occupation therapy, Canadian Arthritic Centre. Discussion of the G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre.;

CALL NUMBER: T0521:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Vancouver General Hospital in the 1960s PERIOD COVERED: 1945-1973 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-09-24 SUMMARY: Dr. F.P. Patterson: His role as Chairman of the Medical Board of VGH. Concept of the Medical Board. Description of Leon Hickernell and George Ruddick, Executive Directors. Impact of the Agnew-Peckam Report on VGH. Morale at VGH. Size of VGH and the variety of services offered. Care of patients and training at VGH. Development of orthopedics in British Columbia. Importance of field after WW II. (End of interview);

Dr. John Moore interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Dr. John H. Moore : medicine in B.C. in the early 20th century PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: [No content summary is available for this interview.]

Executive records

  • GR-2698
  • Series
  • 1946-1978

In 1946 the health and welfare programs of the Department of the Provincial Secretary were transferred to the new Department of Health and Welfare. The Provincial Secretary continued to be responsible for the administration of the Hospital Act, including funding the hospitals, until 1948, when the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service was introduced as a third branch of the Department of Health and Welfare.

These files contain correspondence of the Deputy Ministers of the Health Branch from 1946 to 1974, G.F. Amyot, J.A. Taylor and G.R.F. Elliot, and also correspondence of G.R.F. Elliot when he was the Assistant Deputy Minister of Community Health Programs, 1974-1978.

British Columbia. Dept. of Health Services and Hospital Insurance

Executive records

  • GR-2588
  • Series
  • 1977 1981

Files of two Deputy Ministers of Health, J.W. Mainguy (1975-1978) and Chapin Key (1978-1981). Initials for each file note their creator.

British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)

Executive records of the Assistant Deputy Ministry, Community and Family Health

  • GR-4019
  • Series
  • 1987 - 1990

This series consists of the executive records of the Assistant Deputy Ministry (ADM), Community and Family Health, 1987-1990. These records document the creation of the Community and Family Health division which was the amalgamation of the previously separate Preventative and Community Care Services in 1988. The new division included all Public Health promotion and protection programs delivered through health units across the province and the BC Centre for Disease Control, and programs operated or funded by Mental Health Services, Forensic Psychiatric Services, and Services to the Handicapped. Examples of records documenting these activities include the advisory committee on health promotion and wellness (Preventative Services), vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons (Services to the Handicapped), and child and youth mental health services (Mental Health Services). Records also include program specific reports, correspondence on restructuring the Community and Family Health division, program specific briefing notes, cooperation and liaison files documenting significant program specific relationships (Associated Boards of Health), and other related committee activities such as the hospital and community partnership program committee and the interministerial committee on strengthening the family. These records were created and received by the Ministry of Health in BC under the Health Act (RSBC 1996, c. 179) and other applicable legislation such as the Forensic Psychiatry Act (RSBC 1979, c. 139), and the Mental Health Act of British Columbia (RSBC 1996, c. 288). The mission of the division was to promote the health of individuals and communities in BC by monitoring population health, and the cost-effective implementation of community-based preventative, protection and treatment strategies.

The records are arranged by subject and relevant Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) code. They include correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing notes, and meeting materials. These records are classified under the Executive Records schedule (102906). Records in this accession appraised for destruction documented routine administrative activities. Some files have been removed for tobacco litigation. These files are identified on the file list as [removed].

British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)

Faith Grant and Felicity Graham interview

CALL NUMBER: T3524:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A prominent Victoria physician PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Dr. Forrest Leeder is described by his daughter Faith Grant and granddaughter Felicity Graham. Dr. Leeder came to B.C. from Britain in 1906 and became Superintendent of Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1907. Recollections of growing up on the grounds of Royal Jubilee. Early Victoria doctors. Helping with father's practice. Doctor Helmcken and Aunt Dolly, and their maid Laura Spotts. Dr. Leeder's medical training and experience in Britain. Qualification in B.C. and partnership with Dr. Meredith Jones. Comparison of early Jubilee and St. Joseph's hospitals. Mrs. Grant's operation. Dr. Leeder's practice with Dr. Jones and on his own. Activities as president of the Canadian Medical Association. Dr. Leeder's final illness and death, 1945. Story about the beginning of "miracle drugs".

CALL NUMBER: T3524:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): A prominent Victoria physician PERIOD COVERED: 1906-1945 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978 SUMMARY: TRACK 1 & 2: Continuation of story about blood poisoning and miracle drugs. Poem about Leeder's early experience in medicine. Unpaid bills. Prescriptions. Activities and speaker, antique collector, and musician; living style. Transportation in early days. First journey over the Malahat. Dr. Leeder's patients, including Emily Carr. Friendship with Dr. Helmcken. The Leeder children. Faith Grant's antique business and famous customers. Wentworth Villa. Mrs. Grant's recollections of early Victoria: Government House parties; the Prince of Wales; Lady Emily [?] Walker; 24th of May at the Crow-Baker's drug stores and druggists; Dr. Jones' naval cape. Felicity Graham reads an 1893 recommendation for Dr. Leeder. Dr. Leeder's medical interest.

F.O.R. Garner interview

CALL NUMBER: T2015:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Traveling clinics and TB control PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Garner discusses the success of the tuberculosis control program; financing; relations with TB Christmas Seals Society and the Tranquille Sanatorium canteen; conclusion of the interview. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T2015:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Traveling clinics and TB control PERIOD COVERED: 1935-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-23 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Garner discusses his background and arrival in BC; starting in tuberculosis treatment in 1935; working at Tranquille Sanatorium in 1936; the incidence of TB; work with the Nelson traveling clinic, 1938; conditions; staff; area; the Kamloops traveling clinic, 1938; Director of Traveling Clinics, 1939; attending School of Hygiene in Toronto; military service 1942; work with the health unit in Victoria in 1946. TRACK 2: Discussion of Victoria staff; return to Tranquille in 1951; changes there; changes in treatments during the 1950s and the closing of Tranquille; return to traveling clinics.

George Ruddick interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-10-17&18 SUMMARY: In an interview with W.J. Langlois, George Ruddick discusses his various roles at VGH, from working in the laundry room to assistant director of VGH under Hickernell to executive director of the hospital. He talks about individuals he worked with over the years including Dr. Haywood, Mr. Hickernell, Dr. Ranta, Miss Palliser, Miss Fairley, Dr. McCreary, Myron Weaver, G.F. Strong, Dick Fladgate. Also discusses: the Hamilton Report; the Board of Trustees; B.C.H.I.S.; beginning of the Medical School; Centennial Pavilion; his relations with the medical staff; growth of the hospital over the years; role of the Women's Auxiliary; controversy around Mr. Hickernell's departure; his role as executive director -- goals, accomplishments, disappointments; the Medical Board; expansion of VGH; public relations and VGH; bed allocation problem; hospital politics; University Health Science Centre; open heart surgery in the Willow Chest Centre; relations with government; issue of whether VGH should be an open or closed hospital; Agnew-Peckham Report; creation of the Greater Regional Hospital District; financial problems; development of Medicare -- impact on VGH; changes in nursing; role of doctors in running the hospital.

Gold Quartz Hospital Records

The series reflects the administrative and general medical activities of the Gold Quartz Hospital. The materials are arranged into categories that reflect the nature of the records, with each group being arranged chronologically. All items in their respective folders remain in original order. These records consist of numerous surgery and x-ray ledgers, hospital admission records, and other general administrative records.

Health Authorities committee files

  • GR-3974
  • Series
  • 2002-2007

This series consists of committee files from the Health Authorities Division and its precursor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2007, which included the following branches: Evaluation and Strategic Directions Branch, Health Authority Branch, Home and Community Care Branch, Mental Heath and Addictions Branch and Provincial Branch.

The committees in this series are high level province wide committees with representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Provincial Health Services Authority, the regional health authorities, academic institutions, and non-government health service and planning organizations. Ministry of Health representatives may include the deputy minister, assistant deputy ministers, and management level staff.

Many of the committees report to the BC Health Leadership Council, which is chaired by the Ministry of Health Deputy Minister. Most of the committees have a mandate that involves defining strategies and priorities in particular areas of the provincial health care system (e.g., surgical services, critical services, emergency services, eHealth).

Records include minutes, agendas, terms of reference, agreements, correspondence, survey, reports and other reference materials utilized in committee meetings.

Some committees in this series include:
Provincial Critical Services Committee;
Provincial Medical Services Committee;
Provincial Surgical Services Steering Committee;
Provincial Acute Care Committee;
Emergency Health Services Project;
Mental Health and Addictions Planning Council;
And the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC): a joint committee between government and the BC Medical Association to support and encourage family practice medicine in BC. Prevalent issues relate to chronic disease management, obstetrics and providing adequate income to general practitioners.

Other subjects include: Riverview development, electronic health records, waiting times, meetings with individual Health Authorities, conference records, and Health Authority performance reviews and site visits.

Records in this series are covered by Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) number 200-20.

British Columbia. Health Authorities division

Health supplementary benefits program records

  • GR-3982
  • Series
  • 1991-2010

This series consists of Health supplementary benefits program records created by the Ministry of Health Services and its predecessors from 1991-2010.

These agreements document the formal relationship between the government and the medical community and the changes in that relationship. Records relate to the Medical Services Plan (MSP) or special committees relating to supplementary health care specialties. This includes records relating to negotiations for funding and the provision of services between the provincial government and representative bodies of practitioners including massage therapists, chiropractors, podiatrists, dentists, and occupational therapists. Most records relate to the addition or deletion of specific medical procedures or services from related fee schedules covered by MSP.

Prior to 2003, The provincial government human resources agency (BCPSA, prior to that Public Service Relations Commission (PSERC), and prior to that GPSD) negotiated the agreements with representatives of practitioner groups. As of 2003, the Ministry of Health Services has assumed the role of negotiator between the Medical Service Commission and practitioner governing bodies.

Records types include reports; correspondence; billing guides; committee minutes regarding additional or altered fees for medical services; and final approved agreements which the Medical Service Commission is responsible for under the Medicare Protection Act (RSBC 1996, c. 286).

Records are covered under the Medical Services Plan schedule (142798) ORCS number 43000-00, 43000-20, 43000-35.

British Columbia. Ministry of Health Services (2008-2011)

Home and Community Care Branch records

  • GR-3971
  • Series
  • 1988-2012

This series consists of committee files, executive records and publications related to home and community care programs conducted by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services in conjunction with the Provinces Health Authorities from 1988-2012. The Majority of these records were created by the Home and Community Care Branch which was succeeded by the Home, Community and Integrated Care Branch.

These records may have been created or received by several other predecessor bodies with similar functions, but all records were eventually transferred to the custody of and used by the Home and Community Care Branch. The Branch was part of the Health Authorities Division of the Ministry of Health from 2006-2013 and its predecessor, the Performance Management and Improvement Division from 2002-2006. Due to numerous reorganizations within the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services, there is evidence that earlier records changed custody several times and may have been created or received by multiple groups over time.

The Home and Community Care Branch was responsible for the development and implementation of legislation, policy, guidelines and licencing to protect the health and safety of people receiving care in licensed residential care facilities. Files also regard end of life care or palliative care, assisted living, home care, dementia, building codes for care facilities, adult guardianship, and community care. Care may be provided for children, adults with disabilities, and the elderly. Records relate to all of these functions.

Records include committee files containing minutes, reference material, policy documents and correspondence; executive briefing notes; executive correspondence referral replies; executive issues records; completed publications; and approved agreement files.

These records are scheduled under Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) numbers146-45, 200-20, 280-20, 280-30, 280-40, and 312-05.

British Columbia. Health Authorities division

Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division

  • GR-2661
  • Series
  • 1961-1978

Files of the Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division of the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service (BCHIS), including minutes of the Hospital Rate Board, 1967-1973 and the Equipment Committee, 1969-1974 and reports from hospitals to the BCHIS.

In 1975 the name of the BCHIS was changed to Hospital Programs as part of a reorganization within the Ministry.

British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)

Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division files

  • GR-2665
  • Series
  • 1955-1980

Subject files of the Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division and records relating to the Provincial Adult Care Licensing Board, the Hospital Rate Board, the Radiological Advisory Committee and the Planning Group. The contents of Box 23, file 3-13 were housed in separate labelled binders.

British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)

Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division records

  • GR-2583
  • Series
  • 1978

The series consists of the subject files of Mr. H.R. McCann, Director of the Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division, for 1978.

British Columbia. Ministry of Health (1976-2001)

Hospital Insurance Service research files

  • GR-2585
  • Series
  • 1953-1977

These are files of the Research Division of the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service. In 1948 an "Act to provide for the Establishment of Hospital Insurance and Financial Aid to Hospitals" was passed. Accordingly, the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service was established as a third branch of the Department of Health and Welfare and tasked with administering the premium payment plan which provided hospital care benefits for acute illness at the standard ward level to residents of the province. The role of the B.C.H.I.S. quickly grew to include hospital financing, inspection, and advisory services related to hospital construction. The name of the branch changed from British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service to Hospital Programs in 1975, as part of a reorganization within the Ministry of Health. In the early years the B.C.H.I.S. was also responsible for the administration of the Welfare Institutions Licensing Act (transferred to the Dept. of Social Welfare in 1950) and the Provincial Infirmaries (transferred to the Health Branch in 1964). The Research Division was created in the second year of operation of the B.C.H.I.S. In the annual report of BCHIS for 1950 the responsibilities of the Research Division are listed as "this branch of the Service supplied all statistics necessary to the Service, which included compilation of progress and annual reports, surveys, and other information". In the 1951 annual report this description is broadened slightly, "maintained monthly progress reports, compiled statistics concerning hospitalization experience, and conducted special studies on matters related to the Service". There are two series of files, one series containing correspondence with individual hospitals and one series containing subject files. The first series in this unit, the bulk of these files, relate to individual hospitals and contain correspondence of the division with the hospitals, news releases of the ministry relating to the hospital, reports of the division relating to the individual hospitals and other research material relating to individual hospitals. The bulk of this series is from 1953-1965, with some material as late as 1975. The second series of files are subject files of the Research Division on such topics as rehabilitation, mental health, indian affairs, morbidity, social welfare, and pediatrics. The bulk of this series is from 1953-1962, with some material as late as 1977. Individual Hospital Series (Boxes 1-12) Subject Files (Boxes 12-15)

British Columbia. Hospital Insurance Service

Hospital Programmes Administration Files

  • GR-1549
  • Series
  • 1911-1946

This series contains Hospital Programmes Administration files covering the period 1911-1946. Records include correspondence and reports relating to the operations of community hospitals throughout the province. Includes correspondence pertaining to resident physicians, local hospital boards, and the administration of the Hospital Act.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Hugh John Mackay interview

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): "The Willing Horse" RECORDED: Sicamous (B.C.), 1975-04-14 SUMMARY: Reasons for coming to Revelstoke; personal information; Queen Victoria Hospital; founding of the Revelstoke and District Historical Association; history of the snowmobile donated to the museum; forming of the Revelstoke Development Association; more on the Revelstoke and District Historical Association.

Interview with Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Tofino-Clayoquot : Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson and Vera Wingen RECORDED: [location unknown], 1979 SUMMARY: In an interview with Bob Bossin, Arlene Craig, Marguerite Robertson, and Vera Wingen discuss their memories of the Tofino-Clayoquot area in the early twentieth century. Among other things, Vera Wingen describes: Dr. Dixson's medical techniques, his willingness to help. Marguerite Robertson recounts: first experiences in medical procedures -- ruptured appendix of Norman Allen, gangrenous appendix of Felix Tom; anecdote about Premier Pattullo's visit prior to an election; Brinkman, local watchman; Japanese community, Native community; flying trapeze anecdote.

James Douglas Galbraith fonds

  • PR-2377
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1999, predominant 1936-1966

The fonds consists of the personal and professional records of Dr. James Douglas Galbraith, a medical doctor who specialized in tuberculosis treatment, especially among First Nation communities; the records primarily document this work. The fonds also includes Galbraith’s autobiography, entitled “My journey from New Flos to Victoria” (MS-1237).

Galbraith, J. Douglas

Jane Lehman interview

CALL NUMBER: T1467:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Jane Lehman talks about her early life and later experiences in the Tatla Lake/Anahim Lake area of the Chilcotin, from 1919 to 1964; her first memories of arriving in the Cariboo with her family, the Bryants; a description of the journey to Tatla Lake; life at Tatla Lake; further education and training as a nurse; more on her childhood; her brothers and sisters; and episodes at Anahim Lake. TRACK 2: Mrs. Lehman continues with more on life at Anahim Lake; experiences as a nurse in the area; comments on local Indians and how they have changed; and memories of particular Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T1467:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1964 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mrs. Lehman describes details and anecdotes about travel in the bush, her nursing experiences, delivering babies, health care in the area, and more on her experiences in the bush and with Indians. [TRACK 2: blank.]

Jeannette White interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Graduated as a nurse from Protestant General Hospital, Ottawa, in 1907; husband was a doctor, graduated from McGill in 1906; he was in the army and came to Vancouver to be demobilised; she went to England where he was stationed when he had appendicitis and stayed to nurse him; was assistant matron for the Red Cross in a British hospital for a couple of years; her husband stayed on after she came home and took course in heart work at the National Heart Hospital in London; husband's brother, Walter White, was organising medical missionaries at Lanigan, Saskatchewan and her husband went there. Practiced in Watrous, Saskatchewan, married in Lanigan; he came to Vancouver after the war; set up practice here; was first cardiologist at VGH; had his office in the medical/dental building next to the old Birk's building; later he took a public health course at the U of T; treatment then for heart patients; mainly rest; no exercise proscribed; digitalis and nitroglycerin; husband died 23 years ago of heart disease; two of three daughters trained as nurses; Grace worked in North Vancouver in public health; youngest trained at VGH and UBC for six years, degree in Applied Science in Nursing; granddaughter graduates this spring with same degree; brother-in-law was Ted McTaggart, judge of the county court of New Westminster; her father's brother practised in Ladysmith; husband's greatest concern in public health was the annual check up of the whole system; spoke to school groups about the value of eyes and teeth; her own training; three years, nine in the class; worked 7:00 to 7:00 with two hours off daily, plus one half day a week; believes she had very good training; similar to today; graduated with a mark of 98, half mark lower than the top graduate; pay was $7.00 per month plus board; husband director of School Health Services; offices on Hamilton Street; husband persuading public health people of the value of cardiology; only one who could run cardiograph machine or read result.

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