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Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body. The seven-year-old suffered third-degree burns across his head, neck and shoulders when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he …
Read More »Many patients of gynecologist linked to infection exposure were new Canadians, unaware of complaint process
Claudia Gomez had just moved to Canada from Colombia when she says she had a traumatic experience with a gynecologist. She said she went in for a pap test and was instead given a biopsy, with no warning. “I was by myself, I didn’t have any path to protect myself. …
Read More »Sick of sick notes: Doctors say scrapping paperwork would save time better spent on patients
The Cure is a CBC News series examining strategies provinces and territories are using to tackle the primary care crisis. With Canada currently in the depths of the cold and flu season and COVID continuing to spread year round, frustrated doctors say they don’t want to waste time writing notes …
Read More »‘Steve is the guy to call’: Anglo patients in Quebec City rely on 1 man to help navigate health system
Steve Guimond may not have grown up in Quebec City, but 10 years after his move from Montreal, he knows his routes around the city much like a local taxi driver. Cranking up the heat in the car he uses as his office on a late November morning, Guimond rolls …
Read More »Alberta doctor sounds alarm after 7 patients contract infection from organ transplants
A disease that is more commonly associated with the trenches of the First World War, and can sometimes be found in refugee camps, has been detected in several patients in Alberta who received organ transplants. Bartonella quintana, an infection caused by body lice, has been found in seven organ transplant …
Read More »Ont opposition parties criticize Ford for joking human patients could get MRIs at vet
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 2:18 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s opposition parties are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for joking about sending “overflow” human patients to a new animal hospital. Ford spoke Tuesday at the opening of a …
Read More »N.S. endometriosis patients urge province to introduce free birth control – Halifax
Endometriosis patients in Nova Scotia are urging provincial politicians to adopt the federal pharmacare bill once it passes through the Senate. The bill, if it becomes law, could make contraceptives such as IUDs and birth control pills free to Nova Scotians, which would help people suffering from conditions such as …
Read More »Study finds First Nations patients are more likely to leave ER without care – National
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 22, 2024 7:28 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. They say a new study shows that anti-Indigenous …
Read More »Vancouver resident says hospital discharging patients onto street bench – BC
A resident who lives near Vancouver General Hospital says he regularly witnesses hospital staff and security discharging patients onto a street bench. “They rush them to this bench, and they are left there to fend for themselves sometimes in not much more than a hospital gown,” Remi Caudron said. “Just yesterday, …
Read More »11 patients taken to hospital after school bus crashes into Burnaby, B.C. home – BC
A school bus carrying high school students has crashed into a home after a collision with a vehicle in Burnaby. B.C. Emergency Health Services said it received a call at 7:55 a.m. about the crash. Six ambulances, a supervisor and a link and referral unit responded, BC EHS said. Paramedics …
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