A practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine and a nurse of western medicine, Dr. James Pau has provided free and unlimited treatment to the homeless, seniors, drug addicted or those with hepatitis and HIV/AIDS in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. He bridges the gap between them many ethnic groups and marginalized poor through his work with the North American Buddhist Alternative Medicine Centre. Dr. Pau sits on advisory councils to Vancouver and St. Paul’s hospitals as well asto the City of Vancouver. Dr. Pau serves the community with generosity of spirit and, in doing so, improves the lives of Vancouver’s disadvantaged residents.
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