Dr. Christopher Bird

August 2, 2019 - I just learned that my primary email address has not been receiving messages since Monday. It is fixed now, but if I didn't reply to someone that is why...

June 21, 2019 - I was told today that some people online had trouble finding my social media accounts. I have published these links before, but here they are again:  Facebook, Twitter (professional), Twitter (personal), Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn. Feel free to link and like and whatever else one does on social media now :)

June 16, 2019 - Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and grandfathers in the world!

June 15, 2019 - A reminder to everyone that today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, when we should all take time to check on the elderly members of our families and our communities. As many of you know, this is an issue that is important to me because of members of my own family who were not only abused, but who could not get assistance from any form of government authority or healthcare program because elder abuse is still not taken seriously. Many victims are too scared and too embarrassed to report it. I know of elderly who have been told that if they complain, their abusers will have them declared crazy or demented and lock them away from society. I know of one abuser who threatened to have his coworkers in the hospital system abuse his victims after he'd had them locked up - and actually worked in a psychiatric hospital! It is time that we as a society stand up for our vulnerable members and say that we will no longer tolerate the apathy of our governments and hospitals when it comes to protecting the elderly!

May 15, 2019 - I would like to send a warning out to the people living in my community today, but I have to be careful with the wording here. A strange man appeared at my mother's home this morning at 9:00am and was peering in her bedroom window. When confronted he claimed to be a home support nurse from the Saanich Health Unit, but I have trouble believing that a real nurse would be this creepy and that they would show up without an appointment. So anyone in the Burnside-Tillicum should be on the look out for this guy, and report any suspicious behaviour immediately.

May 12, 2019 - Happy Mother's Day!

April 27, 2019 - So I thought I would share this news with everyone, since some have heard a few things and have been asking. Two weeks ago today I was rushed to hospital and need emergency surgery to repair a damaged intestine. I have been in hospital since then, mostly out of contact with the outside world. Yesterday I got to come home, but I am still facing weeks and months of recovery. But I am feeling a lot better now, better than I have been in many years in truth, and I especially appreciate all of the encouragement and support from everyone. Thank you everyone.