Medscape5d
Long Surgical Wait Lists Lead to Delayed Care Across Canada
Increased demands from an aging population and pandemic-related supply shortages leave provinces scrambling to allocate ...
When you see different doctors, is anyone keeping track of your health? Often no, new report says
Greg Price's death at 31 following complications of testicular cancer surgery shows how people can be harmed when their own health data doesn't follow them as they move between clinics, the author of ...
Global News16d
Ford government votes down effort to ban nurse practitioners from charging
During a vote on Monday morning, the government defeated Ontario Liberal MPP Adil Shamji’s plan to ban charges levied by health-care ... Canada Health Act that would address the public-private ...
The Globe and Mail20d
Use primary-care reform as the opportunity to inject more competition into Canada’s health care system
Dr. Philpott, who is a former family physician herself, has lately written a book on this very topic, Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada. There can be few people in ...
CTV News14d
N.S. PCs vow to build Canada's first menopause centre; Liberals promise 20 new collaborative clinics
The Nova Scotia Liberals and Progressive Conservatives both made health-care announcements on the campaign ... elected his government would invest in Canada’s first-ever Menopause Centre of ...
CTV News7d
NDP promises more doctor clinics, Liberals vow to protect renters on N.S. campaign trail
Nova Scotia’s NDP and Liberal parties made announcements Wednesday as the provincial election campaign continues.
CBC.ca6d
Renovated Winnipeg inner-city dental clinic provides $30 care — regardless of what's needed
The clinic, located at Machray School on Mountain Avenue, recently underwent a $180,000 renovation, which includes upgrades to the private practice ... Nations and Inuit Health, employment and ...
The Hamilton Spectator8d
The Trojan Horse of healthcare privatization in Hawkesbury
The wooden structure has been invoking conversation around the increased reliance on private health clinics in the province, seen by organizers as siphoning funds from the public system.
Inside the hidden world of male victims of domestic abuse
For male victims of domestic abuse, that leaves a smattering of dots on a vast map of Canada where they might find safety.
Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan's cultural capital of Lahore
Record-high air pollution in Pakistan’s Punjab province prompted authorities to close additional schools and keep government ...
THE WEEK15d
The pros and cons of universal health care
The world is falling behind in its progress towards universal health coverage, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Access to health care is on the WHO's list of fundamental human ...
Inside Canada's chaotic response to avian flu
They also relied heavily on private ... to Canada In 1916, Harold Wrong plucked a flower from the fields of Somme, France and tucked it into a letter he mailed home to Toronto. For decades, the type ...