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When Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently mused about potential reforms to the provincial health-care system, he referenced Shouldice Hospital as an example of the positive role privatization could play. His praise of the world-renowned private hernia clinic, one of only a few Ontario hospitals allowed to operate for profit, also raised the question of whether it’s a model that could …
Read More »As my baby struggled with COVID in hospital, I wondered about our impossible choices as pandemic parents
This First Person column is written by Bronwyn Bragg who lives in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. It turns out it is actually difficult to tell if your baby is just congested or if he is having trouble breathing. This is something …
Read More »Can Ontario force hospital patients into long-term care homes? It’s complicated
Advocates are gearing up for legal battles against Ontario’s plan to move elderly and chronically ill patients out of hospitals and into long-term care homes, with lawyers warning the proposed change is a breach of patients’ human rights. Under legislation unveiled last week, hospital patients who are deemed to no longer require …
Read More »Germ-fighting robots in Fraser Health get more help killing hospital bacteria and viruses
Germ-fighting robots are getting extra support to fight bacteria in hospitals across the Fraser Health region. Two tent-like disinfection pods have joined the fleet of 16 robots which use ultraviolet (UV) light to kill viruses and bacteria in patient rooms. “We really want to use it on … mobility aids, like wheelchairs …
Read More »As hospital backlogs grow, paramedics struggle to deliver timely care
Paramedics Colin Waterhouse and Josh Picknell are in their ambulance in Ottawa on a Friday afternoon when the call comes in: A Code 4, which means they need to get there fast. With lights flashing and sirens blaring, they race to the call’s address and assess the patient; he needs …
Read More »Mom raises red flag over staff shortage at Kingston hospital
After months of frequenting the Kingston General Hospital, one mother says she’s concerned about a staff shortage at the hospital’s pediatric critical care unit after having to take on nursing duties for her sick child. Vanessa Ivimey’s daughter Ivy Murray has a gene mutation called SNC2A, known to cause early-onset epilepsy and …
Read More »Unions representing 70,000 Ontario hospital workers demand action amid staff shortages
CMA President Dr. Katharine Smart on the state of the health-care system and political will to seek solutions to address what she calls a “crisis”. News Source link
Read More »Chatham, Ont., hospital takes action to improve mental health care after death of patient
WARNING: This story contains references to suicide. Three months after Robert Martin died by suicide in his family home in April 2022, the Chatham, Ont., hospital where he had been treated is now taking steps to improve its mental health care services. While it doesn’t erase the horrible pain of losing …
Read More »Surrey woman says she had miscarriage at hospital after doctor told her to go home
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Kirandeep Kaur Mangat was preparing to go to bed on May 12 when she started experiencing severe pain. Mangat, who lives in Surrey, B.C., and was 18 weeks pregnant at the time, called 911. After being advised that the ambulance wait times were anywhere from 25 minutes to …
Read More »Doctor steps up for overnight shift at Red Lake, Ont., hospital, avoiding temporary closure
The hospital in Red Lake, Ont., has narrowly avoided a second temporary emergency room closure amid an ongoing doctor shortage in northwestern Ontario and a surge in COVID-19 cases that’s also straining staff. Margaret Couchenour Memorial Hospital’s ER was set to close 12 hours, starting at 8 p.m. CT Thursday, but hospital …
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