Gizeh Gazette - Gizeh Shrine Temple

Potentate’s Communiqué – December 2012
I would like to preface this communiqué by first
thanking the two Shriners representing the Shriners
of BC & Yukon on this committee who worked towards
the opening of a Shriners Clinic in the British Columbia
Childrens Hospital. Our representatives were Past
Potentate Ill. Sir James Druchet and our Recorder Noble
James Harrison.
It is now agreed in principle to establish a Clinic in
partnership and conjunction with British Columbia
Children Hospital. The purpose is to assess Shrine
patients who are in need of treatment and refer them
to one of our Shriner Hospitals or alternatively those
who could receive treatment in BCCH and as well, assess
post surgery patients who have been transitioned from
another Shriners Hospital.
All Shriners patients from BC & Yukon will be assessed
by an accredited Shriner Medical Physician/Surgeon.
He will decide, based on his assessment of the patient’s
condition, what treatment/surgery is best for the patient
and refer that patient to BCCH, Shriners Hospital for
Children-Montreal, Portland or Spokane in particular,
or any other Shriners Hospital facility that can give the
prescribed care. It is emphasized, that any treatment
being provided must be within a, “reasonable period
of time in accordance with the National Standards
Committee of Canadian orthopaedic association”
who recommends, “no patient should be asked to
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wait longer than six months after mutual patient/
surgeon decision is made to operate”.
The Shriners Satellite Clinic located at BCCH would be
under the Administrative Direction of Shriners Hospital
for Children-Canada and operating in conjunction and
partnering with the BCCH.
It is intended the Shriners Satellite clinic would function
on the First and Third Friday of each month of the year
and share the Outpatient Orthopaedic Clinic located at
BCCH.
It was agreed that the Shriners Satellite Clinic in
conjunction with BCCHG will have a Memorandum of
Agreement.
The last committee meeting was most pro-active and
successful in that the partnership between Shriners
Hospitals and BCCH is a positive move toward providing
a high quality of care to children who are in need
of medical attention that can be offered beyond all
expectations and with true satisfaction.
In closing, I wish to thank the Directors of Administration
and Chief of Staffs of the Shriners Hospitals for Children-
Canada and the British Columbia Children Hospital
for their fortitude and willingness to work together in
bringing this major undertaking to reality.
John H. le Gros
Potentate Gizeh Shriners of BC & Yukon