Justina Marianayagam, MD
@_justinam
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Pediatrics Resident @UBCPediatrics |interests in policy & rural health | 2nd gen immigrant et #bilingue 🇨🇦
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined September 2011
My family left #Yellowknife at 9 pm yesterday and have still not reached Edmonton. 24+ hours on the road and counting... Absolutely heartbreaking. #ClimateCrisis #NWTWildfires 📸 Pat Kane
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🌅 The North wakes up in all its glory. Early morning touches the tops of the trees along one of NWT's scenic highways, inviting you to experience the beauty of the boreal forest.
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Kids can't vote. We can! Remember Ontario's kids and youth when completing your ballot this week! #onpoli @PedsOntario
https://t.co/lEzHibaMwL
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SKIP is pleased to announce that @EGruenwoldt and @_justinam have agreed to serve as Co-Chairs of SKIP’s new governance structure. Details of the new governance structure and its members will be confirmed and shared over the coming months—stay tuned!
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📢In case you missed it! SKIP’s Western Hub Co-Lead, @drsaminaali, and SKIP board member @_justinam offer practical advice in "Opinion: How to help your child handle a visit to the emergency department." Now available on healthing: https://t.co/dA9HsdH5ey
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt
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📰 Hot off the presses! 📰 SKIP’s Western Hub Co-Lead, @drsaminaali, and SKIP board member @_justinam share their insights in "Opinion: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Emergency Department." 👩👧👦🩺 Click the link to read! https://t.co/XngUe5E7kT
#ItDoesntHaveToHurt
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I enjoyed my conversation with @KatharineSmart – supporting researchers doing great work in child health is essential for rightsizing children’s health care! @ChildHealthCan
📣Check out the newest @ChildHealthCan SPARK: Conversations podcast where #IHDCYH’s Scientific Director @DrCChambers & host @KatharineSmart discuss the importance of research investments for improving health outcomes for children and youth! ➡️ https://t.co/64sil4k8cP
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DYK 20% of young people experience chronic pain? Check out our updated review which confirmed that 1 in 5 children experience chronic pain. Open access paper: https://t.co/WpHDLl3fYH #ItDoesntHaveToHurt #ChronicPain #PainAwarenessMonth #ChildPain #WorldPainMonth
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Such an incredible group of people I’ve learned so much from over the last 5 years. 🧡 #ItDoesntHaveToHurt
This past month, the SKIP board convened for one last in-person meeting as an @NCE_RCE. Over the course of the meeting the team engaged in exciting discussions about SKIP's future as a @DalhousieU centre!🤩 #ItDoesntHaveToHurt
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Had to sneak in a picture of what I do when I’m not being a resident… 🎣 #NorthernPike
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A reminder of the world class care that Canada's children's hospitals deliver on a daily basis. Right-sizing children's health systems enables capacity for every day miracles to occur for children, youth and families. ❣️ @BCChildrensHosp
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I saw someone with frostbitten toes in the ER recently. He had slept in a stairwell when temperatures were under -30C. He in fact did have a home, but didn’t have the money he needed to get there. Lack of housing. Poverty. Canadian society should be warmer than this. #SDOH
In one of the world’s richest countries, hundreds of thousands of people are without housing. Housing First means saving lives by keeping people in housing ($3,500/month) vs in hospital ($30,000/month). But in Canadian winter, the policy focus seems to be removing tents when
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🚨NEW ‘Youth in Pain’ project Resources!🚨 More Sickle Cell Disease tools are now online in EN & FR! Access a patient/caregiver focused Action Plan, Booklet, Poster & a health professional resource for the ED below⬇️ https://t.co/xEFcwe3HUX
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I’m at the hospital with my daughter who is receiving an iron infusion. The care has been exceptional - the nurses kind, attentive, reassuring. A reminder that despite our challenges it is the people that remain extraordinary. 🙏🏼 #nurses #healthcare #cdnhealth
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Today, Senator Rosemary Moodie (@SenMoodie) made a statement regarding UNICEF Canada’s Report Card 18, which measures child poverty in 39 wealthy countries. Watch here: https://t.co/OwJ179a7v4
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“1 in 5 emergency visits involved patients who went to emergency for non-urgent issues because they did not have access to a family doctor or other services” -Ontario's acting auditor general The #primarycare crisis effects all parts of the health system https://t.co/LwDoDIo2A9
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Ontario's acting auditor general says one in five patients who visited the province's emergency departments were only there because they did not have a family doctor.
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@ChildKindIntl is dedicated to improving the quality of pediatric pain care around the world. Consider embarking on a journey towards receiving ChildKind certification:
As part of #NPAW2023, @SickKidsNews and @SKPainCentre unveiled the @ChildKindIntl plaque today to mark our continuous commitment to reducing the burden of #PedsPain at #SickKids. @karenkinnearRN @JeffMainland @DrFCampbell @DrJenStinson @KidsInPain @PainBC @DeepaKattail
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