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By early December of last year, Susie Silvestri was no longer able to walk or speak.  She hadn’t eaten for days.   The 70-year-old American found herself in the vice-grip of her rapidly progressing ALS — a disease that causes gradual loss of muscle control.   She was begging doctors at …

महिला को कैथल के सिग्नस अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया था। हरियाणा के कैथल में प्राइवेट अस्पताल में भर्ती महिला के साथ छेड़छाड़ हुई। ड्यूटी पर तैनात युवक ने महिला के प्राइवेट पार्ट्स को टच किया। महिला ने घटना के बारे में परिवार को बताया। . परिवार ने अस्पताल स्टाफ …

Lindsey Coyle of Fort Frances agreed to give up her licence during a disciplinary hearing Thursday by Ontario’s governing body for nurses, three years after she pleaded guilty in the 2015 death of an elderly patient.  Coyle was a registered practical nurse at La Verendrye Hospital. She pleaded guilty in …

A Manitoba woman who was injured by a plastic surgeon more than a decade ago is worried after the doctor was temporarily suspended for medical errors — and she wants the disciplinary system to change to protect others. For six years, Melanie Drain lived with the end of a drainage …

Horizon Health Network is hiring 10 new Indigenous patient navigators, bringing the network’s total to 12. The network has seen the benefits of having people in this role since Indigenous patient navigators were hired for Fredericton and Miramichi hospitals in 2022, said Aaron Hatty, Horizon’s regional manager of Indigenous health programming. “We have seen many …

White Coat Black Art26:30What if palliative care was about living better? Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it’s not some kind of “Grim Reaper service,” say two of Canada’s leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should focus on improving a patient’s quality of …

Christopher Wanczycki loved to ski and work up a sweat outdoors before his advanced cancer diagnosis. Such exercise may have actually helped shorten his recovery after surgery, according to the findings of a large review.  Wanczycki, 65, was told he had a five centimetre diameter tumour in May 2021. The Ottawa resident …

Vito Rizzuto wanted his last trip with his wife, Sheila, to be perfect. Earlier this year, Sheila, who is 55, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She began using a wheelchair after undergoing surgery in February to remove the tumour. When Sheila’s condition worsened in recent months, …

An Ontario hospital network is investigating an incident from last month in which an older Sikh patient’s beard was shaved off without his consent, a move that has been condemned by the Sikh community as a severe breach of religious rights. As the investigation unfolds, Balpreet Singh, legal counsel and …

1:05 Canada must offer ‘gold-standard’ endometriosis care so women don’t seek help abroad: patient Global News had heard from dozens of women across Canada about the struggle to access care for endometriosis, several of whom are now seeking or have sought help outside of Canada. This is Part 3 of …