CBC Analysis
Virginia Robinson - E.R. Doctor
FEATURE COLUMN:

March 26, 2003
I need you
"In the midst of a procedure, while I was working, I was stopped short by a pair of piercing, bright yellow eyes."


COLUMNS BY VIRGINIA ROBINSON:

January 29, 2003
We are not a forgiving society

January 6, 2003
The virulence of viruses

December 4, 2002
La belle indifference

November 25, 2002
When I die…

November 22, 2002
Searching for the Eye of the Storm

June 12, 2002
The greatest of these is love

April 23, 2002
At the end of the day

April 2, 2002
Bread and Butter

March 11, 2002
Ship of Fools

February 18, 2002
Prescriptions and other misdemeanors

January 22, 2002
In the land of living colour



NEPAL EXPEDITION:

December 3, 2001
Happiness is...having no expectations

November 14, 2001
The Sound of a Chopper

October 29, 2001
Worms and ways to deal with them

October 11, 2001
Letter from Manang II

October 9, 2001
It’s a porter’s life

October 2, 2001
Kathmandu

September 25, 2001
All the world’s a stage

September 19, 2001
Great Escapes





September 4, 2001
The Occasional ...Story

August 21, 2001
Waiting for Godiva

July 31, 2001
The Lab

June 19, 2001
Id on a Stick

June 1, 2001
Trust in me

May 18, 2001
The Good and the Gore

May 2, 2001
Who's who and neon suits

April 17, 2001
Great Expectations

April 9, 2001
How much is that doctor in the window?

Mar 14, 2001
Heroes in harrowing times

Mar 6, 2001
Acronyms, organs and unwanted words

Feb 27, 2001
Down but not out

Feb 9, 2001
The Night Shift

January 22, 2001
Do No Harm

January 10, 2001
Magical moments

December 21, 2000
Ten dangling digits, nine frozen fingers...

December 4, 2000
Feeding the bears: The medicalization of the common cold

November 22, 2000
The Difference Between Truth and Fiction

November 15, 2000
What's good for the herd?

November 8, 2000
Into the Emergency Room




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BIOGRAPHY:
VIRGINIA ROBINSON
E.R. DOCTOR

Virginia Robinson is an emergency physician at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario. Initially trained as a family doctor she has worked as a physician in Montreal, Northern Quebec and Ontario. Overseas, she has served as a medical volunteer in India and Guyana, South America. Virginia is an intrigued observer of the changes which have occured in the health care system in Canada over the last few years. Her passion is working the front line.

Virginia was also the camp doctor on the Everest 2000 expedition.

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