Birinder Narang
@birindernarang.bsky.social
Sikh - He/Him
Family Physician
@GlobalBC - Medical Contributor
@UBCFamPractice - Clinical Assistant Prof
Family Physician
@GlobalBC - Medical Contributor
@UBCFamPractice - Clinical Assistant Prof
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Advancing #PatientSafety - Learn more about the Digital Referrals and Orders program. www.doctorsofbc.ca/technology-d...
Advancing patient safety: Digital Referrals and Orders program
The Digital Referrals and Orders (DRO) program is a provincial platform that allows care teams to electronically exchange, track, and manage referrals, medical order requisitions, and consultations mo...
www.doctorsofbc.ca
June 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Advancing #PatientSafety - Learn more about the Digital Referrals and Orders program. www.doctorsofbc.ca/technology-d...
June 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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AB is seeing its worst measles outbreak since 1979 – last week reaching 879 cases & rising.
Measles is highly contagious but preventable.
The vaccine is 97% effective. Protect yourself and your community.
Measles is highly contagious but preventable.
The vaccine is 97% effective. Protect yourself and your community.
June 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
AB is seeing its worst measles outbreak since 1979 – last week reaching 879 cases & rising.
Measles is highly contagious but preventable.
The vaccine is 97% effective. Protect yourself and your community.
Measles is highly contagious but preventable.
The vaccine is 97% effective. Protect yourself and your community.
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THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
THIS IS HUGE! An HIV PrEP drug in the form of a twice-yearly subcutaneous injection has JUST been APPROVED by the FDA. Lenacapavir was 99.9% EFFECTIVE at PREVENTING HIV in clinical trials. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Thanks to the Medical Post for publishing my 3-part series on what 🇨🇦 Canada can learn from 🇪🇸 Spain, a country where everyone has access to primary care.
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
How Spain manages 100% primary care access
Spanish family doctors have vacation, sick leave and a pension. Part one of a three-part series.
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
April 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Thanks to the Medical Post for publishing my 3-part series on what 🇨🇦 Canada can learn from 🇪🇸 Spain, a country where everyone has access to primary care.
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
✅ geographic-based centres
✅ team-based approach
✅ embedded in community
✅ patient-held records
canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/how-spain-ma...
This is unacceptable, announcing a significant delay 1.5 weeks before a program is meant to go live.
Every day, week, month counts for patients struggling w/ their fertility journey.
It was early last year this program was announced.
Shameful.
#BCPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Every day, week, month counts for patients struggling w/ their fertility journey.
It was early last year this program was announced.
Shameful.
#BCPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. delaying launch of publicly funded IVF program by 3 months | CBC News
B.C. has delayed the launch of its publicly funded in-vitro fertilization (IVF) program by three months, and some patients and doctors are frustrated.
www.cbc.ca
March 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is unacceptable, announcing a significant delay 1.5 weeks before a program is meant to go live.
Every day, week, month counts for patients struggling w/ their fertility journey.
It was early last year this program was announced.
Shameful.
#BCPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Every day, week, month counts for patients struggling w/ their fertility journey.
It was early last year this program was announced.
Shameful.
#BCPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“You can’t fire me, I quit.”- Canadian politics.
January 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“You can’t fire me, I quit.”- Canadian politics.
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
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This made me laugh more than it should have 😆
From the https://buff.ly/4g9mo4C , a significant contribution to #Nephrology and divalent ion focused medical practice
November 29, 2024 at 7:08 PM
This made me laugh more than it should have 😆
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Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying. It's already in poultry and cattle. And a recent case of a Canadian teen being infected with #H5N1, likely from a wild bird, is raising fears that the virus is spreading more easily. www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org #AvianInfluenza
Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying
Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of flu season has scientists on edge.
www.npr.org
November 28, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Here's why bird flu fears are intensifying. It's already in poultry and cattle. And a recent case of a Canadian teen being infected with #H5N1, likely from a wild bird, is raising fears that the virus is spreading more easily. www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org #AvianInfluenza
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New paper alert!
@annfammed.bsky.social
Want to decrease emerg visits?
Provide primary care infrastructure supports so that patients can see a “within-group” provider (instead of a walk in clinic) after hours.
Decreasing fragmentation of care works!
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
@annfammed.bsky.social
Want to decrease emerg visits?
Provide primary care infrastructure supports so that patients can see a “within-group” provider (instead of a walk in clinic) after hours.
Decreasing fragmentation of care works!
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
Health Care Utilization After a Visit to a Within-Group Family Physician vs a Walk-In Clinic Physician
PURPOSE Primary care access is a key health system metric, but little research has compared models to provide primary care access when one’s regular physician is not available. We compared health syst...
www.annfammed.org
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 PM
New paper alert!
@annfammed.bsky.social
Want to decrease emerg visits?
Provide primary care infrastructure supports so that patients can see a “within-group” provider (instead of a walk in clinic) after hours.
Decreasing fragmentation of care works!
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
@annfammed.bsky.social
Want to decrease emerg visits?
Provide primary care infrastructure supports so that patients can see a “within-group” provider (instead of a walk in clinic) after hours.
Decreasing fragmentation of care works!
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
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In the midst of current #medsky Jay Bhattacharya discourse, here's a reminder that he crowdfunded for a Canadian doctor to cover the costs of her massive lawsuit.
She tried to silence critics of her anti-vax rhetoric and lost.
Bhattacharya then got Musk's attention and now he's paying her costs.
She tried to silence critics of her anti-vax rhetoric and lost.
Bhattacharya then got Musk's attention and now he's paying her costs.
November 27, 2024 at 4:31 PM
In the midst of current #medsky Jay Bhattacharya discourse, here's a reminder that he crowdfunded for a Canadian doctor to cover the costs of her massive lawsuit.
She tried to silence critics of her anti-vax rhetoric and lost.
Bhattacharya then got Musk's attention and now he's paying her costs.
She tried to silence critics of her anti-vax rhetoric and lost.
Bhattacharya then got Musk's attention and now he's paying her costs.
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Important PSA about alcohol mixed with methanol: avoid purchasing/consuming alcohol that isn’t legally produced or sold, particularly from informal settings eg market stalls,& check labels.
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect. globalnews.ca/news/1088658... #medsky
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect. globalnews.ca/news/1088658... #medsky
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect - National | Globalnews.ca
As authorities investigate the deaths of six tourists in Laos, here's what Canadians need to know about recognizing and preventing methanol poisoning while travelling.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Important PSA about alcohol mixed with methanol: avoid purchasing/consuming alcohol that isn’t legally produced or sold, particularly from informal settings eg market stalls,& check labels.
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect. globalnews.ca/news/1088658... #medsky
Can you tell fake alcohol from real? Why methanol is so hard to detect. globalnews.ca/news/1088658... #medsky
“An extensive, multi-agency public-health investigation into an avian influenza case involving a B.C. teenager has identified no additional cases nor evidence of human-to-human transmission. “
news.gov.bc.ca/31792
news.gov.bc.ca/31792
Final update on human avian influenza case in B.C.
An extensive, multi-agency public-health investigation into an avian influenza case involving a B.C. teenager has identified no additional cases nor evidence of human-to-human transmission.
news.gov.bc.ca
November 26, 2024 at 7:27 PM
“An extensive, multi-agency public-health investigation into an avian influenza case involving a B.C. teenager has identified no additional cases nor evidence of human-to-human transmission. “
news.gov.bc.ca/31792
news.gov.bc.ca/31792
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New B.C. Health Minister @josieosborne.bsky.social vows to revamp approach to overdose crisis after addictions portfolio is scrapped. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis
New B.C. Health Minister vows to revamp approach to overdose crisis after addictions portfolio is scrapped
‘We are going to do everything possible that we can to reduce the number of deaths and the impacts on people and families,’ B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne said
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:53 PM
New B.C. Health Minister @josieosborne.bsky.social vows to revamp approach to overdose crisis after addictions portfolio is scrapped. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Here's my other one. go.bsky.app/GGoP5kf #starterpacks
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Here's my other one. go.bsky.app/GGoP5kf #starterpacks
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Most Don’t Know That Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-dont-kn...
Only 40% "know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer."
Want to make a big difference on health? Focus on the evidence-informed basics.
Only 40% "know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer."
Want to make a big difference on health? Focus on the evidence-informed basics.
Most Don’t Know That Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
APPC data show that less than half of Americans know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org
November 25, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Most Don’t Know That Alcohol Raises Cancer Risk www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/most-dont-kn...
Only 40% "know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer."
Want to make a big difference on health? Focus on the evidence-informed basics.
Only 40% "know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer."
Want to make a big difference on health? Focus on the evidence-informed basics.
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Here's one of my #starterpacks go.bsky.app/Vp39rtu
November 25, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Here's one of my #starterpacks go.bsky.app/Vp39rtu
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It's no surprise to those who work in clinical medicine that RSV can cause severe illness in older adults.
"1 in 20 adults experienced all-cause hospitalization within 28 days."
Fortunately a vaccine is available that reduces severe infection.
tinyurl.com/3fbzwpmv #IDSky #MedSky
"1 in 20 adults experienced all-cause hospitalization within 28 days."
Fortunately a vaccine is available that reduces severe infection.
tinyurl.com/3fbzwpmv #IDSky #MedSky
November 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
It's no surprise to those who work in clinical medicine that RSV can cause severe illness in older adults.
"1 in 20 adults experienced all-cause hospitalization within 28 days."
Fortunately a vaccine is available that reduces severe infection.
tinyurl.com/3fbzwpmv #IDSky #MedSky
"1 in 20 adults experienced all-cause hospitalization within 28 days."
Fortunately a vaccine is available that reduces severe infection.
tinyurl.com/3fbzwpmv #IDSky #MedSky
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I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks.
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#BREAKING
Canadian security agencies believePM Modi knew of India's plans to murder a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canadian security agencies believePM Modi knew of India's plans to murder a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canada’s security agencies suspect Modi knew of plot to kill Sikh activist
Intelligence has also tied India’s External Affairs Minister to interference operations, source says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:38 AM
#BREAKING
Canadian security agencies believePM Modi knew of India's plans to murder a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Canadian security agencies believePM Modi knew of India's plans to murder a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Here is my segment from the weekend on Global BC.
Discussing Avian Flu case in BC & global rise in Measles with over 10 million worldwide cases last year, and an ongoing outbreak in New Brunswick.
globalnews.ca/video/108731...
Discussing Avian Flu case in BC & global rise in Measles with over 10 million worldwide cases last year, and an ongoing outbreak in New Brunswick.
globalnews.ca/video/108731...
Health Matters: Concerns over bird flu and Global measles cases jumped 20% in 2023 | Watch News Videos Online
Watch Health Matters: Concerns over bird flu and Global measles cases jumped 20% in 2023 Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
November 19, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Here is my segment from the weekend on Global BC.
Discussing Avian Flu case in BC & global rise in Measles with over 10 million worldwide cases last year, and an ongoing outbreak in New Brunswick.
globalnews.ca/video/108731...
Discussing Avian Flu case in BC & global rise in Measles with over 10 million worldwide cases last year, and an ongoing outbreak in New Brunswick.
globalnews.ca/video/108731...
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Many online creators claim to be "health experts". Wondering how you can tell if they're legit? Before taking the info you see online at face value, slow down, think about where the info is coming from, and most importantly: be skeptical! youtube.com/shorts/BkGPn...
Online health experts: CHECK THE RECEIPTS #misinformation #togetheragainstmisinformation #doctors
YouTube video by Healthcare For Real
youtube.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Many online creators claim to be "health experts". Wondering how you can tell if they're legit? Before taking the info you see online at face value, slow down, think about where the info is coming from, and most importantly: be skeptical! youtube.com/shorts/BkGPn...