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- 12/6/2022
Saskatchewan faces shortage of 2,000 healthcare staff over next five years: auditor
The Saskatchewan Party government's current plan to recruit workers isn't adequate for the 2,000 spots that need to be filled by 2027, Tara Clemett said in her report tabled in the legislature Tuesday. - 12/6/2022
Healthcare workers are facing an epidemic of violence
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker's empty eyes as he pinned her backwards over a washing machine and beat her head. - 12/6/2022
Billed as remedy for doctor shortage, virtual medicine in N.S. hits bottleneck
Sara Wallace, 48, from Dartmouth, compared the experience to “trying to buy concert tickets.'' - 12/6/2022
New Brunswick Liberals call for increased respiratory illness reporting
The province issues weekly case reports for COVID-19 and flu infections, but does not share data on respiratory syncytial virus. - 12/6/2022
Most unused COVID-19 vaccines will expire at the end of the year: auditor general
The government knew that by signing advanced purchase agreements with a number of pharmaceutical companies there was a risk it may end up buying more COVID-19 vaccines than Canadians needed. - 12/6/2022
Key details of BC's new Physician Master Agreement
A historic vote included saw ballots cast from 5,591 members. - 12/5/2022
B.C. to start public push to get more kids vaccinated against flu as cases climb
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said after two years of low rates of flu, mostly due to travel restrictions, the province is seeing a "dramatic increase'' in illness and it arrived sooner than normal. - 12/5/2022
Doctors say flu starting to hit adults as hospitalization rates of seniors climb
Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says he's already seeing more seniors with flu as in-patients at Toronto General Hospital. - 12/5/2022
Alberta to bring in another five million bottles of children's pain medication
Health Canada has distributed the children's Tylenol to retailers and has also sent children's ibuprofen—commonly known as Advil—to hospitals. - 12/5/2022
Speaking up to prevent workplace injuries
Pharmacy technician Judy Turner knows first-hand how crucial it is to educate yourself and your employer about workplace injuries that impact health.