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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 29, 2022 9:15 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A hospital in southwestern Ontario says it will close its emergency department overnight Thursday, the latest in a number of recent temporary ER and urgent care centre closures in the province. …
Read More »Ontario promised to overhaul abortion care – but clinics say they’ve been left out
2:59 Ontario excludes clinics in plan to change abortion care funding, workers say This is the second part of a series on abortion care in Ontario. Read the first story here. Ontario’s abortion care system has been in a state of disrepair for years, and last December, Queen’s Park decided …
Read More »Refugee children do not place significant demands on health care, Ontario data shows
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 2, 2022 8:54 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — New research indicates refugee children and youth aged under 17 do not place substantial demands on the health care system in Ontario compared with their Canadian-born peers. A study …
Read More »This long-term care home radically changed the way it operates. Residents say it’s working
Like so many people contemplating long-term care, Louis Capozzi said he was nervous about what he would find when he started looking at homes. “I heard so many awful things about, you know, people getting not well taken care of, laying in bed, needing to be changed and people hitting them …
Read More »$10-a-day child care in Nunavut to start in December
Nunavummiut families will be seeing $10-a-day child care much sooner than anticipated. According to a joint news release from the federal and territorial government, as of Dec. 1, Nunavut will be the first jurisdiction to achieve $10-a-day for licensed child-care centres under a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. Pamela Gross, Nunavut …
Read More »Private health care in N.L. slammed by demand as patients seek help outside public system
Private health-care clinics in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeing increased demand as patients search for options outside the public system. (Paul Daly/CBC) With Newfoundland and Labrador’s public health system hammered by staff shortages, long wait times and emergency room closures, private health clinics are facing the same challenges as patients look for alternatives. …
Read More »Telus Health launches virtual pet care app in B.C.
Telecommunications provider Telus is dipping its paws into the world of veterinary care, with the launch of a new app offering telemedicine for pets. Telus Health MyPet functions similarly to Telus’s virtual medicine offerings for humans; pet owners download the app onto their smartphones for free and create a profile …
Read More »Temagami, Ont., family says it needs more support to care for son with cerebral palsy
A mother from Temagami, Ont., says her family does not qualify for the funding she needs to care for her son with cerebral palsy. While the province provides support to volunteer homes which help children with complex needs, Candice Rogerson said her family does not qualify for enough money to …
Read More »COVID-19 outbreaks growing in Alberta care homes as transmission rises
Alberta care homes are once again battling a growing number of COVID-19 outbreaks. According to the province, 160 new COVID outbreaks have been declared in long-term care and supportive living facilities across the province since Sept. 1. 72 residents have been hospitalized and 33 have died. “It can be quite trying,” said …
Read More »Science table says Ontario needs new approach as COVID-19 burden set to fall on primary care
The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges, but the way that medical care is delivered must be reconsidered, Ontario’s now-defunct science table said Monday in its final bit of advice to the province. The Ontario …
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