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Ontario health units told to prepare for ‘potential outbreaks’ of measles

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s top doctor is warning public health agencies to be ready and prepared for a potential increase in the number of measles cases after two were reported in the Greater Toronto Area. Dr. Kieran Moore sent a memo, obtained by Global News, …

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Ontario public health units show interest and concern over plans to merge

Local councillors and mayors in Ontario are signalling an uneasy willingness to get behind a provincial push to merge some public health units as the Ford government rolls out aggressive timelines to get the process underway by early 2025. As many as nine groupings of public health units have suggested …

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Few surgeries rerouted to private clinics in Ontario a year after announcement

In January 2023, Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised to expand the number of private clinics in the province in order to cut wait times. He said he feared Ontario’s health-care system was in danger of being washed away if drastic action wasn’t taken. “The way I can describe it, you …

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Hospital staff overworked, support from province needed, Ontario union says

Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system. CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions said Wednesday that understaffing is taking …

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Could prescription contraception be free in Ontario? Ford government signals willingness

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government has signalled it is open to supporting an opposition plan that would cover contraception for free under the province’s health insurance. A group of Ontario NDP politicians unveiled a motion Thursday to expand OHIP coverage to include prescription contraception, …

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Some Ontario hospitals reinstating masking requirements

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 8, 2023 1:01 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches. Kingston Health Sciences Centre says on its website that masking is now mandatory …

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Ontario doctors weigh in on screen time and vaccinations ahead of back-to-school

As parents in Ontario prepare to send their children back to school, a group of Ontario doctors is outlining some of the risks that remain in the classroom and how to combat them. The upcoming school year will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared over and …

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Ontario government plans to recoup COVID-19 loans to province’s doctors

TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back. The Ontario government laid out plans to recoup the money in …

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Ontario government sets aside $22 billion in ‘excess funds’: watchdog

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years. The province’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a long-term spending forecast, based on the government’s …

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Pediatric drug shortage led to dosing errors in Ontario children, research shows

TORONTO — The shortage of pediatric medication in Canada last year led to a spike of dosing errors in children in Ontario, new research shows. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined the effect of the shortage of children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen, which forced parents …

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