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BC may permit privatization. (Health).


VANCOUVER -- New regulations will permit the privatization of health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract  such as respiratory therapy respiratory therapy

Medical profession concerned with assisting the respiratory function of individuals who have severe lung disorders. Practices include suctioning to clear secretions from the airway, use of aerosol mists (sometimes medicated) or gases to ease breathing,
, speech pathology, CT scans and MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface.
, says the Health Services Association of BC.

The union met with the health services minister before the regulations were approved to outline its concerns about the definition of "non-clinical services." The provincial government had suggested its Bill 29 would allow hospitals to privatize only services such as laundry, janitorial and security, said HSA HSA Health Savings Account (US)
HSA Human Serum Albumin
HSA Human Services Agency (Nevada)
HSA Health Services Agency
HSA Health and Safety Authority (Ireland) 
 President Cindy Stewart.

Privatization will lead to a fractured health care system in which rural patients, especially, would have to travel to larger centres for treatment, she said. 604-439-0994
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Title Annotation:health services in British Columbia
Publication:Community Action
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Geographic Code:1CBRI
Date:Mar 18, 2002
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