Category: Health
Disappointment on Sask. Information changes due to emergency room closure
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is changing the way it updates residents about emergency room closures in the province.Starting next week, the health authority is expected ... Read More
The inquiry was told that Orange took an average of just under 4 hours to reach seriously ill patients in Northern Ontario
Representatives of Ontario's air ambulance operation, ORGE, told the coroner's inquest that it is still impossible to meet Ministry of Health deadlines for transporting critically ... Read More
Doctors in Montreal can now prescribe orchestra tickets to their patients
listen interview with Mélanie La Couture of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Nicole Parent of the Médecins Francophones du Canada:as it happens8:01Doctors in Montreal can ... Read More
Doctor Manitoba says province has found doctors but is having trouble keeping them
manitoba has attracted More doctors have come to the province over the past few years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new ... Read More
1 minute of silence: Inside the Quebec ER that cared for abandoned newborn who died
Dr. Marc-Antoine Pigeon was at the end of a busy overnight shift when he learned that paramedics were tending a newborn baby who had been ... Read More
Doctors Manitoba says Manitoba’s got the doctors but is having trouble keeping them
manitoba has attracted More doctors have come to the province over the past few years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new ... Read More
Cost estimate for new federal prisoner hospital more than triples to $1.3B
The budget for a new hospital for prisoners in federal facilities is now estimated at $1.3 billion, more than three times the $400 million estimate ... Read More
Quebec’s pain, Ontario and NB’s gain? Doctors considering leaving the province due to new forced settlement
The fallout continues in Quebec after the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) government called for a shutdown after pushing through a controversial bill to change the ... Read More
86-year-old man with Alzheimer’s walked out of Saskatoon care home without trace, dies days later
When Bailey Smith's grandmother made the difficult decision to move her husband of nearly 60 years into a care home, she hoped he would eventually ... Read More
Doctor did not closely examine emaciated boy days before death, Ontario. 2 Explained about testing for prospective parents
WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse.A 12-year-old boy, who was severely malnourished and underweight, was seen by his family doctor for an annual ... Read More