Linda MB Gour

Wife, Mother, Business Owner, Lover of going to concerts, craft beer, wine, TRAVEL and a bit of a news junkie

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Since 1986, the workers at family-owned King Kubota in North Vancouver have prepared sites for thousands of new homes across B.C.

Common sense Conservatives will build the homes by requiring municipalities permit 15% more construction/year to get federal funds.

[Kevin Mcleod @dockevinmcleod]

I haven’t had a chance to triage referrals from this past week until now. The current system is not working but there is a solution that would provide better patient care. Teams.

From Monday Sept 11th until today I have 76 new patient referrals. I have a large contingent of current patients (around 8,500). About 60% of my time goes towards existing patients leaving 40% to see new referrals. I work typically 60 hours per week. Obviously more if doing hospital call but that isn’t every week.

40% of 60 hrs is 24 hrs or 1,440 minutes per week for new patients. With 76 new patients that gives about 19 minutes per patient. These are relatively complicated patients referred for specialist care. Within that 19 minutes I need to take a history, examine, review tests, paperwork, sort out additional testing, and communicate a diagnosis and plan to the patient. It’s not practical or safe to do that in 19 minutes.

So what happens? I do not end up seeing all of those 76 patients and a waiting list grows. Urgent problems are delayed. Outcomes worsen. Patients are harmed waiting. Health care costs rise dramatically because of these delays. I burn out.

What if I had access to a team? A physician assistant or nurse. Someone(s) that could help with that workload. To provide safe effective care I need 30 minutes with a new patient minimum. I could gain those missing 11 minutes with extenders or others working all together as part of a team. Patient care would be better. Plus it would lead to less burnout and shorter waiting lists.

The right team member(s) are much less costly than status quo. An ever growing waiting list is not a solution. Paying me more is not a solution. I’m using every darn minute I can. Patients need a new model. Not in years. Now. Well, yesterday if we are being truthful. Let’s fix this.

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

Urgent Petition to Address Wait Times, Overcrowding & Closures in Canadian Emergency Rooms https://t.co/DDrXDytMyl via @CdnChange

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

https://t.co/EmjN8OVhjA

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

I'm 36. This is my honest advice for people in their 20s:

1. Make decisions your future self will thank you for, not resent you for.

2. Somebody you know and love is going to die within the next 10 years. It could even be you. So live accordingly.

[@tmartyparty.bsky.social @ThomasforBC]

Had another conversation with someone else in my industry (forestry) who is struggling to find employees.

A quick thread on some of my thoughts as someone who, in the last couple years, has been both hirer and the job seeker

1/n

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's heartbreaking, defiant speech to the Russian people [English sub.] - YouTube https://t.co/IFg43tTaDe

[Jay Prepchuk @jayprepchuk]

Last time in the @HandsworthHSS gym! #greatmemories #player #coach #teacher #ref @NVSD44 💛💙

[Forests Forever @ForestsForever4]

Now isn’t this the truth! Definitely applies with the “activists” here & our so called politicians who don’t have the backbone to say #EnoughIsEnough! #bcpoli #StandUpBC #TruthMatters #ForestryTruth #ForestryMatters #Sustainable #Renewable

[BC Council of Forest Industries @COFI_INFO]

'BC has great people, fibre, know-how & tech to capitalize on the opportunity to be the preferred supplier of sustainably-produced, low-carbon🌲products to fight climate change; we can only do that by working together’ – Susan Yurkovich, COFI.
Read more: https://t.co/k1ZJ8E3PbN

[Aaron Gunn @AaronGunn]

It's almost as if people are tired of politics as usual... 🤔

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

@HHhamilton3 @mPinoe @SonyElectronics 👍

[heather h @HHhamilton3]

@mPinoe @SonyElectronics Maybe they can help drown out the cheers of the canadians when they are standing on the podium above you

[Aaron Gunn @AaronGunn]

I will always stand in support of this province's (and this country's) incredible forestry workers! 🇨🇦

Pass this video along if you do too!

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

@ianhanomansing Re the vaccine rollout. Have we considered that it is being “held back” for a few weeks so that the current government can then “find it” around the time they call an election?

[Johnstone's Benefits @JBenefitsCanada]

From an employer's perspective, studies have shown that employees with low health literacy can cause the plan to cost four times as much https://t.co/wJccwsZln8

[Johnstone's Benefits @JBenefitsCanada]

Stop by the Johnstone’s Benefits booth for a massage at the 2020 TLA trade show! #2020TLA @truckloggerBC

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

@randene_neill No TV at all on the ferry to Departure Bay😢

[Linda MB Gour @LMB_Gour]

@jannarden Me too, after seein Michael Bublé in London!