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- 7/18/2022
Pharmacists in Quebec: lack of staff and poor distribution according to OPQ
While Quebec saw a net increase in the number of pharmacists working in the province in 2021, several regions saw that number drop. - 7/18/2022
Charlottetown hospital calls Code Orange after accident prompts need for more staff
Code Orange is called when an external disaster or threat is likely to require additional hospital resources. - 7/18/2022
Pilot projects offer GMF pharmacists a chance to showcase their added front-line value
Five pilot projects aimed at evaluating both the impact and added value of pharmacists practicing within family medicine groups—known as GMFs in Quebec—have been launched by the province’s health minister. - 7/18/2022
Albertans over 18 can soon start booking fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot
Alberta Health says in a news release that adults can start booking their second booster shot Wednesday, as long as it's been five months since their first booster. - 7/17/2022
Toronto pre-teen the youngest person in Canada to receive total artificial heart
Her doctors at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children on Monday detailed their last-ditch measure to save her life when a previous transplant began to fail. - 7/17/2022
The (medical) funny pages: One more thing
Your weekly dose of giggles (an effective treatment for a deluge of news). - 7/17/2022
Who exactly is Black and why it matters in providing healthcare in Canada?
Health research uses a wide variety of terminology when it comes to Canada Black population and that lack of specificity has the potential to hamper key research. - 7/17/2022
New social media guidance for Ontario docs from CPSO
The guidance notes docs may choose to keep professional and personal accounts on social media but that the professional and personal are not always easily separated. - 7/17/2022
Higgs replaces N.B. health minister after patient dies waiting in emergency room
The premier called the death a "traumatizing event'' and offered his sympathies to the family and to those present in the waiting room when the man died early Tuesday at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital.