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“It’s like a bullet. You hear cancer and you just go blank.” After visits to three different doctors, a misdiagnosis, and numerous tests, Sandra Hajlo of Winnipeg Beach learned the source of the debilitating back pain that had plagued her for months. “I just assumed it was job-related, or that …

A new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art CT scanner at Vernon Jubilee Hospital (VJH)  is expected to increase access to timely diagnoses and treatments in B.C.’s North Okanagan. “There isn’t a single area of medicine that CT scans are not used … in neurology for strokes and emergency for strokes and trauma …

As Ontario prepares to expand the number of private clinics that perform publicly funded cataract surgeries, documents show those procedures form one of the most common complaints the province receives from patients about unfair billing practices. The Canadian Press submitted a freedom-of-information request for copies of complaints made under the law banning …

Patients with respiratory illnesses continue to surge into the city’s hospitals, leading to the postponement of some surgeries. Concordia and Grace Hospitals are rescheduling some inpatient elective orthopedic surgeries, a move opening up more beds and allowing staff to help in more critical areas. It’s just one change being made …

TORONTO — Ontario’s patient ombudsman says his office has seen a 33 per cent increase in complaints, and noted a “troubling” trend in problems accessing primary care. Craig Thompson, the province’s patient ombudsman, released his office’s annual report Wednesday with its findings. His office received 4,388 complaints over the 2022-23 …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 1, 2023 12:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five Ontario hospitals affected by a recent ransomware attack, along with their shared IT provider, are warning patients and staff that their data may be published. The attack caused an outage …

Police in Middlesex County have charged a southwestern Ontario man with criminal harassment after an incident at a drag queen storytime event in Parkhill earlier this year. Middlesex OPP say the investigation began on April 29 at a public event held at the Parkhill Library. Sources tell Global News that …

A London, Ont., man has been charged with criminal harassment following an incident in Windsor earlier this week. According to the Windsor Police Service, officers were contacted on Thursday after a 36-year-old woman reported being consistently harassed through social media following the Wortley Village Pride event in London last weekend. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba is set to begin collecting race-based patient data in a push for more equitable health care. Patients at hospitals will be asked about their race, ethnicity and Indigenous identity during the registration process at hospitals, and the information will be collected …

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 …