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Amid calls to bring more health-care workers to the province, the Ontario Nurses Association worries 13 nurses laid off at a Simcoe County hospital is just the start of a downward spiral. The Ontario Nurses Association confirmed to Global News that 13 nurses at Stevenson Memorial Hospital in Alliston, Ont., …
Read More »Sask. physician incentive more than quadrupling for rural and remote communities
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan is sweetening the pot to try and get more family physicians to work in rural and remote parts of the province. The Rural Physician Incentive Program is more than quadrupling the incentive, raising it to $200,000 over five years. Read more: …
Read More »After 3 years of COVID-19, here’s how Canada’s ‘endemic’ future may look – National
On March 11, 2020, the world came to a screeching halt when the World Health Organization declared the COVID–19 outbreak a global pandemic. Schools across the world shut down, workplaces turned remote and the fast-spreading virus revealed the fragility of many countries’ health-care systems. Since then, the virus has claimed …
Read More »Naloxone kits a lifeline in a worsening opiate crisis – Winnipeg
At Northway Pharmacy Brothers, naloxone kits are flying off the shelves. The Selkirk Avenue pharmacy in Winnipeg distributes 50-70 kits per week. Each kit contains between two and four doses. But pharmacy manager Brett Roeland believes the need is actually much higher. “I’m pretty confident they’re all being used in …
Read More »Health risks low, environmental impact not yet known after SSonix fire in St. Catharines: officials
City and provincial officials gave assurances there’s little health risk for residents in Port Weller, two months after exposure to a chemical fire in mid-January which saw nearby neighbourhoods evacuated. Some 100-plus attendees joined authorities for a town hall at the Grantham Lions Club Wednesday to hear an official update …
Read More »Winnipeg high school providing food security to 1,700 students amid high food prices – Winnipeg
A breakfast club at Sisler High School in Winnipeg is providing food security to more than 1,700 students at a time when food prices are at an all-time high. The school has held a daily breakfast program for the past seven years with the help of volunteers to make sure …
Read More »World first for Brampton, Ont. hospital acute care unit for dementia patients
The transformation inside the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) unit at Brampton Civic Hospital is striking. The walls are splashed with vibrant colours, while the doors to patients’ rooms are sheathed in decals that mimic the appearance of wooden doors and juliet balconies. Last month, the William Osler Health …
Read More »Rising complaints on Ontario health care quality: patient ombudsman report
TORONTO — Ontario’s patient ombudsman says he has seen a rising number of complaints about poor quality of care in the health-care system and an increase in use of force by hospital security. The findings come in the patient ombudsman’s annual report released today. There were more than 3,300 complaints …
Read More »Ontario Nurses’ Association says bargaining with hospitals has broken down
Contract talks between nurses and the Ontario Hospital Association have broken down and will now head to arbitration, the nurses’ union said Friday. The two sides began bargaining in late January and mediation had started on Wednesday but no deal was reached. “This round of negotiations has been incredibly difficult …
Read More »Ontario expanding firefighter cancer coverage for WSIB claims
TORONTO — Ontario is expanding workplace coverage of cancers for firefighters. Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton says pancreatic and thyroid cancers in firefighters will now be presumed to be work related. He says this will allow firefighters to speed up their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claims. McNaughton says the …
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