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- 12/12/2022
'I get yelled at a lot': An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
One child recently spent 36 hours in the emergency department waiting for an inpatient bed. - 12/12/2022
Trudeau says he's not willing to kick healthcare reform down the road any longer
Provincial premiers have called for a meeting with Trudeau for more than a year to discuss their demand that the federal government pay a larger share of healthcare costs. - 12/11/2022
Ontario invests $20M in operating costs for new MRI machines
Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the money will be geared toward small and rural hospitals who do not yet have MRI machines. - 12/11/2022
Singh threatens to pull out of supply and confidence agreement over healthcare
The deal prevents the NDP from voting for a motion of no-confidence in the government and triggering an election before 2025. - 12/11/2022
Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital's ICU was saved from near collapse
The hospital has 42 physical pediatric ICU beds—not counting its neonatal intensive care unit—but struggles to staff more than 36 on any given day. - 12/11/2022
Amgen to buy Horizon Therapeutics in US$26.4B deal
The biotech drug developer said Monday that it will pay $116.50 in cash for each share of Horizon, which makes a thyroid eye disease treatment that generated more than $1 billion in its first full year on the market. - 12/11/2022
CVS, Walgreens finalize US$10B in settlements over opioids
States announced final details Monday of settlements that the two largest pharmacy chains in the U.S. offered last month. - 12/11/2022
Patients leaving overcrowded Nova Scotia ER without being seen: managers
While it is well known that emergency rooms have been crowded and struggling to cope, it's rare for managers to make such blunt statements of the problems in the province's hospitals. - 12/11/2022
BC Children's prepared to double bunk patients during busy respiratory illness season
The memo, sent Friday, says similar measures have been implemented in other years and any decision must be made in consultation with the hospital's infection prevention and control team. - 12/10/2022
Why death becomes us
Dr. Gary Kinney was never particularly ‘death-friendly,’ but he now sees merit in pondering life’s final act.