Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget
Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. The province said it is investing $2 billion over three …
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Unsafe culture permeates Aurora VA hospital’s ICU, staffers allege
On Feb. 20, 2023, a 77-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit at Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center for chronic kidney disease. Two weeks later, nurses …
Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months
Manitoba’s health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province. Eight months after the …
Can’t find a family doctor? It might be because they’re busy doing other specialties, report finds
If you’re one of the estimated more than six million Canadians who can’t find a family doctor, it might be because they’re focusing on specialty care, the results of a new …
Why this Ontario rapper says colon cancer screening should start at age 30, not 50
White Coat Black Art26:30The rapper battling Stage 4 colon cancer A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower …
South Korean doctor dies, reportedly from overwork, as strike piles more pressure on healthcare system
A South Korean ophthalmologist who shared the workload at Pusan National University Hospital’s emergency department has reportedly died from exhaustion, piling more pressure on a health system overwhelmed by a …
Two hospitals in southern Gaza under attack by Israeli forces, Palestinian health officials say
WARNING: This story contains graphic images Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, while Israel said it …
Ontario extends program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid ER closures
Sudbury Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months. Program was set to expire at the end of March …
Ottawa spending nearly $3M in Cat Lake First Nation for temporary nursing station after fire
The federal government is spending nearly $3 million to help get a temporary nursing station up and running in Cat Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario following a fire earlier this …
Colorado changed its child abuse law on infant drug exposure; what’s next?
Three years after Colorado stopped requiring doctors to report newborns who tested positive for drugs as possible child abuse victims, the number of families referred to child protective services for …