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Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount of hands-on care residents receive, the minister responsible for the sector was warned. There is a “systemic shortage of nurses” across all sectors, according to …

Community and recreation centres across the province fear they may soon be forced to cut back rink hours or shutter their doors because of a certified staff shortage. It’s a job that requires more than taking the wheel on a Zamboni. From flooding the ice to ice-making, arena operators make …

As Ontario’s health-care crisis intensified, the province was asked to double down on a policy created more than a decade ago to reduce how long ambulances are stuck in emergency rooms. In 2008, the then-Liberal government began employing nurses at Ontario hospitals to help unload ambulances and get paramedics back …

In a year when pharmacists have stickhandled children’s drug shortages and an extra-busy flu shot season, you’d think they might balk at the news in Ontario and B.C. that their prescriptive powers are being expanded. Yet those in the field say the added responsibilities may make their jobs more fulfilling …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 29, 2022 9:15 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A hospital in southwestern Ontario says it will close its emergency department overnight Thursday, the latest in a number of recent temporary ER and urgent care centre closures in the province. …

Shortages of some key pediatric medications are making a particularly rough respiratory illness season even tougher in Alberta. An ongoing shortage of children’s acetaminophen and ibuprofen products, including pediatric Tylenol and Advil, continues across the country due to what Health Canada calls “unprecedented demand.” And amoxicillin, a first-line antibiotic used …

This story is part of Situation Critical, a series from CBC British Columbia reporting on the barriers people in this province face in accessing timely and appropriate health care. The emergency department at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater, B.C., is set to be closed overnight for five days, adding more pressure on the B.C. community worst affected by ongoing ER closures this year. Not counting this closure, the Clearwater hospital has had its emergency …

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

It’s getting harder for Vishno Gupta to hire the home-care workers he needs as a quadriplegic living at home.  The 82-year-old, who needs help with everything from getting out of bed in the morning to bathing and eating due to a spinal cord injury, is one of about 1,000 people in Winnipeg …

Under fire from parents and politicians, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced steps Monday to ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula, including reopening the largest domestic manufacturing plant and increasing imports from overseas. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was streamlining its review process to make …