The Georgia Straight Covers My Campaign To Get BC Politicians To Re Open The BC Adult ADHD Clinic

The Georgia Straight Covers My Campaign To Get BC Politicians To Re Open The BC Adult ADHD ClinicPost from: Adult ADD Strengths Georgia Straight editor Charlie Smith did an great article about the 6 year campaign ( we adders can be very tenacious if we really want something)  I and others have been waging to try to  reopen the BC adult ADHD clinic by getting BC politicians to stop neglecting ADHD. He also talks about then BC NDP Health critic and likely premier tonight Adrian Dix and the clinic. During the may provincial election I asked BC political party leaders if they’d support reopening the BC adult ADHD clinic. The BC Conservative Party leader John Cummins supports reopening the BC Adult ADHD clinic. The leader of the Green Party of BC  Jane Sterk Supports re opening the BC Adult ADHD Clinic. it’s completely congruent with our health care policy. Services should be available when people need them. The Green Party would support similar adult ADHD clinics in different parts of BC. 6 Years ago in 2007, the BC Liberal government under then health minister George Abbott shut down the only provincial adult ADHD clinic in BC at Children’s Hospital in Vancouver after a 12-14 month long wait list for an entire year. I have received thousands of emails over the years from people in the lower mainland asking where they could get an adult or a child diagnosed with ADHD by someone who actually knows it, since many have little to no training on it. In May 2011, I ...
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