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- 9/13/2022
Ontario hospital patients awaiting spots in long term care can be moved up to 150 km
The province says couples will not be separated and that religious, ethnic and language preferences will be respected. - 9/13/2022
Social media: A physician but a person too
When you’re on social media and people know you’re a doctor, you’re representing the profession. But you also want to be authentic as a person. - 9/13/2022
Will more Canadians resort to medical tourism?
As wait-lists grow and patience thins, more people may be seeking treatments elsewhere. - 9/13/2022
Wolf Klassen begins new role as Interim President and CEO at Michael Garron Hospital
Klassen is the longest serving executive team member and vice president in the hospital's history. - 9/12/2022
Mandatory continuing education: 62 pharmacists suspended by the OPQ
No fewer than 62 pharmacists will see their right to practice suspended because they did not complete the hours of continuing education activities required during the reference period which ended last spring. - 9/12/2022
Study co-authored by B.C.'s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19
The preprint study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was published online on Sept. 9. - 9/12/2022
5 doctors plead guilty in West Virginia in pain pill scheme
The scheme was tied to the Hope Clinic and involved prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances that weren't for legitimate medical purposes from 2010 to 2015. - 9/12/2022
‘Damning finding’: Only 3% of Canadian clinical trials are registered and reported according to best practices
New analysis finds vast majority of Canadian clinical trials aren’t prospectively registering, reporting their results, and publishing their findings. - 9/12/2022
Operating room conditions in Yellowknife hospital are 'unsustainable': nurses
Tina Drew, president of Local 11 with the union, says one nurse recently worked more than a 20-hour shift, and it's not exceptional circumstance. - 9/12/2022
Sink or swim
A man felt dizzy while swimming and then started to drown. Was it a seizure or was something else happening?