THE LIONS Gate Hospital Board (LGHB) has decided that
» chiropractors will, not be allowed to-attend patients in the.

hospital...

“LGHB chairman. Jim’. Warne

“said the board,.in making the deci-

“sion, felt! the hospital was already
providing * adequate . health. - care
without chiropractors: :

“Te was: our fecling : that any
(chiropractic) service. required by
the. hospital’s patients’: could be

-o performed by “hospital:
' physiotherapists,’ Warne said.

., But:North Vancouver chiroprac-

tor Dr. John Taylor, who received --: -
‘anyone. suffering from an ‘acute

a recent letter outlining the board’s
“ruling, said: the: decision remains
“downright discriminatory.””

| iFellow chiropractor. Dr. David

_ Olson,'who made the original ap-
plication to the hospital to attend

patients in. LGH, said-he had not -
“the

been officially. ‘notified by
board of its decision.
_: “But basically, it’s a. medical
monopoly: that the doctors: don’t
want to divide,”* he said.
ae Ht (the decision) is based'on a lack
“of understanding of what we do.’?
| Olson::"said’ all “chiropractors
wanted ,was the. right to attend:
| _ their patients i hospitals. :

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Sunday, Monday and ;

A VETERAN of Candida’ ‘Ss’ ‘Immigration ‘Appeal Board says .

“into hospital.”

v their:
“, would also disagree,
i Association of.
"B.C. (PABC) president Susan Lee
the. association”. believes
ould’ be superflu-
because.

“has said
Sous ‘ina

_- physiotherapists have training in’:
“Ppthink |

would». be

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But. LGH president John’ Bor-
thwick said Thursday. the average

length of stay in the yospital was @.

week, ‘so the “feeling o-is “that
anyone... wanting chiropractic
treatment would arrange to have it
done ‘either before or after they. go

Olson: disagreed, and ‘said
neck :problem forced to. lié ina
hospital. awaiting : treatment - from
chiropractor.: for. a “week

Physiotherapy
chiropractors.
hospital:

spinal manipulation techniques. :
The. PABC, she. said, was con-

cerned :that chiropractors, if -per-

mitted. to treat: patients.in. LGH,
) billing the. medical
system. for” services

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“Charles Campbell, —.. who. served
for. 10. years. onthe’ “board

v the refugee determination : legisla :

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is. :..if, they haven’ t-got the will to_

make. it, work, : then: theyhaven’t
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! Canada deceit: not only Succeeds:
“but it has ‘official sanction.’?: °°

“Campbell | described an immigra-
‘tion: system overburdened by what
‘he sees as an ever-gr wing umber
of bogus refugee

Six years ago: there’ were 6,000

efugee’, claims}: of; which :- 2,400
were: legitimate,

Campbell.’ This , past; year:there
Were 25,000; refugee “claims °
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“Canada. ofthe:
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pracess:the: growing. list ‘of refugee

claimants. “The: backlog: i

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because the: opporiunists recognize
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‘available in the hospital,

B.C. Chiropractic Association:
_ president

Blake said

the

Alderson
“Wednesday

where in the province.

But he said the problem faced by °

chiropractors .was | that hospital
boards were made up of lay. per-
‘sons who relied on medical adviso-
ry, committees for advice’ on such

“matters.
» Those advisory boards, Alder: i

son said, take their directives from
the B.C. College of Physicians and
he “said, - forbids
its members to practise or associate
with chiropractors. |

‘Alderson... said’,

that. B.C.'s

' Minister, of - Health: Peter “Dueck
_has

indicated | the’ government
would not. oppose’. chiropractors
attending © patients in« any. ‘given

LGHB © decision”:
“was consistent with decisions made

hospital -if that hospital's: board. :}

. voted to change its bylaws. to give:

chiropractors access to its hospi-

2 tal’s patients,

‘He. added that a move adopted
last ‘year. by the. Medical. Services
Commission allowing’ B.C. chiro-
practors: to. refer~ patients’ directly
to orthopedic surgeons was'a’step

toward breaking down the barriers
of misunderstanding,

~The ‘claims were filed: ‘late last
year after. unsuccessful’ attempts

were made: to ‘recoup the: money
from: the: companies, ; which . were
“two of the 15‘ affiliated companies o
formed by. the Pinecorp. Research®

Corp.'s; dh

Thirteen : former. employees” of;

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~- Campbell “says the® “Tory gov:

" ernment has: failed to!act ‘onithe
> refugee problem because of its fear.
of offending the ethnic ‘Hobby. 2: A
: accusations

denies.
‘‘The:issue here is
the issue‘is the-con

Campbell:

people’ from disadvantaged * lands

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they’re there.”?!
ampbell | claims: that the welfare
sto, look “after: bogus refugees
who enter..the: country is $100 mil-
lion dollars'a year: !

When: “questioned, - Caimpbell

‘could not ‘say: what proportion ‘of.

refugees :‘collect .. welfare; / or how

soon, . they.’ move.“off the welfare
rolls.
knowledges that; after.a period ‘of.

However, ‘Campbell

dependence. on welfare:: many ‘ref-

‘ugees may in'the long run become

productive workers.

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claims in. Vancouver county ‘court® under: the: Employment.
Standards Act Seeking close to 323, 000 i in n unpaid wages.

claim being $2,501.16. :
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~ Formed: in 1984,"

' | Research : Tax" Credits (SRTC) ‘to *
200 investors. Net cash realized by.
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panies came to $14 million:

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