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 …
Read More »Surgeries rescheduled as Winnipeg hospitals continue to deal with patient surge – Winnipeg
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 …
Read More »Ontario pediatric hospitals ask for help to deal with backlog of 12,000 surgeries
Nearly 12,000 children are on a wait list for surgeries across Ontario, a situation officials at four major pediatric hospitals say is part of a much bigger problem they need help from the province to solve. A surge of viral respiratory illnesses, driven by a particularly bad strain of the …
Read More »N.L. children’s hospital cancels some surgeries amid surge in respiratory illness
A children’s hospital in the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador’s says it has had to cancel some surgeries and appointments due to a high level of respiratory illness. Newfoundland’s Eastern Health issued a press release saying some routine procedures and appointments will not go ahead at the Janeway Children’s Health …
Read More »Ontario to fund more private clinic surgeries, send patients to temporary LTCs
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones’s plan to stabilize the health-care system includes increasing surgeries performed at private clinics but covered by OHIP, covering the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses, and sending patients waiting for a long-term care bed to a home not of their choosing. The plan …
Read More »robotic cardiac surgeries: Apollo hospital unit claims completion of 100 robotic cardiac surgeries
The Bangalore unit of a leading private healthcare group has completed 100 robotic cardiac surgeries, which it claimed was a “first” such achievement for any hospital in the country. In a statement, the group on Monday said doctors at its Bangalore hospital had also performed a complex mitral valve cardiac …
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