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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Residents of Quadra Island, B.C., are scrambling to fundraise a recruitment drive, amid fear they could …
Read More »N.L. doctors fear app lets patients see ‘catastrophic’ medical results without support
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Physicians are calling for a change to prevent patients from receiving tragic medical news alone, without …
Read More »Doctors call for strong oversight, workforce protections as Alberta works towards dual practice model
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Alberta Medical Association is calling on the provincial government to adopt dozens of safeguards as …
Read More »Medical expert defends doctor’s assessment of Heather Winterstein before she died in St. Catharines hospital
Heather Winterstein didn’t show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner’s inquest for the 24-year-old. Early detection of the kind of extreme reaction to a …
Read More »ईसीएचएस घोटाला:ट्राइसिटी के कई निजी अस्पतालों-डॉक्टरों पर एफआईआर, ईसीएचएस अधिकारी भी नामजद – Echs Scam Fir Against Several Private Hospitals And Doctors In Tricity
केंद्र सरकार की एक्स-सर्विसमैन कंट्रीब्यूटरी हेल्थ स्कीम (ईसीएचएस) में करीब 100 करोड़ रुपये के घोटाले में सीबीआई ने ट्राइसिटी के कई निजी अस्पतालों, डॉक्टरों और ईसीएचएस अधिकारियों के खिलाफ एफआईआर दर्ज की है। जांच में फर्जी बिलिंग, नकली लैब रिपोर्ट और मरीजों को गलत तरीके से भर्ती दिखाने का खुलासा …
Read More »As patents on weight-loss drugs expire, doctors and patients hotly anticipate cheaper generics
At Dr. David Macklin’s weight management practice in Toronto, the name Ozempic is mentioned almost daily in appointments. But recently, another word is coming up just as often — generics. “It is a regular conversation, daily in fact, where patients will be asking when their … medications may be less …
Read More »Google tipped off authorities to illicit images in Canadian doctor’s account, search warrants say
WARNING: This story discusses child sexual abuse material and contains graphic details of alleged sexual assault For the last few years, Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon was providing psychotherapy in Ontario and public-health services in northern Saskatchewan, after rising to prominence in the media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then last summer, …
Read More »To attract more doctors, Grand Forks commits to covering medical clinic costs
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The City of Grand Forks in B.C.’s West Kootenay region has launched a one-year pilot program …
Read More »Children’s Aid Society, couple in murder trial and doctors sued for $4M by family of 2 brothers
WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse. The biological family of the boy who died while in the care of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber have filed a $4-million lawsuit against two Children’s Aid Societies (CAS), the Ontario couple and three doctors. The lawsuit, which alleges negligence, is separate …
Read More »Doctors can now perform robotic procedures from afar. What that means for rural Canadians
LISTEN | Full interview with Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira and Nicole Cancelliere: The Current16:30How does remote-controlled brain surgery work? Even from a few kilometres away, Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is able to perform a critical diagnostic procedure, thanks to an internet connection and a remote-controlled robot. “Every minute counts,” Pereira …
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