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

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_- physiotherapists have training in’: “Ppthink |

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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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the present emergency. session of Parliament isinot the solu:

“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_

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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 ° which’ only’

“Canada. ofthe: failure : to. quick -genuine.’ :

400 — were legitimiat Campbell | says ‘there eed for. more, immigration staff.to

pracess:the: growing. list ‘of refugee

claimants. “The: backlog: i

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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;

inecorp’: «Resources : Group @ seein 2 $12,086.29 in un-

~- 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

.are bound: to use as tong: as”

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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knitting,: creating 2 woven pattern by wrapping strands of yarn: he-

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; TWENTY- SIX férnier: ‘employees. fo) Pinecorp © Resources. Group . Ltd. land ‘Pinecorp , Management: Ltd: have*- filed: 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. : jThe remaining 13 employce ‘are

“seeking | $10,799.40: from ‘Pinecorp ~ Management! : Pinecorp ; Resources: Group: The.

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' | Research : Tax" Credits (SRTC) ‘to * 200 investors. Net cash realized by. " Pinecorp: and_ its. affiliated come.

panies came to $14 million:

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