Anesthesiologist Dr. Curt Smecher worked with the hospital’s maintenance staff to design the negative pressure vestibules, airlock-like chambers, that now guard operating rooms at the Abbotsford ...

This story was based on a news release about Dr. Curt Smecher's invention distributed by the B.C. Anesthesiologists' Society, and we took the facts from that news release at face value.

Dr. Curt Smecher told CTV News the situation has left elective surgery patients lingering on waiting lists because their operations aren’t even being scheduled.

As of Saturday, British Columbia had 424 detected cases and 10 deaths; Italy has more than 59,000 cases and nearly 5,500 deaths ...

This story was based on a news release about Dr. Curt Smecher's invention distributed by the B.C. Anesthesiologists' Society, and we took the facts from that news release at face value. We have since ...