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- 3/9/2022
Nova Scotia to test acute outpatient facility for mental health care in Halifax
The 10-patient unit, scheduled to open in mid-April, will treat people who need acute care but aren't sick enough to require overnight hospitalization, Brian Comer told reporters. - 3/9/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Kyro Maseh: "I began to make the person I'm treating the focus of my work."
I'm the first point of contact for most patients who have questions or concerns about their health. It provides me with an opportunity to collaborate with other healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of life of people in my community. - 3/9/2022
CMA and CNA host emergency summit on state of Canada's ailing health systems
Personal service workers and nurses have coped with professionals leaving their jobs in droves or retiring early, while the CMA says doctors report that they plan to work fewer hours to deal with the fatigue. - 3/9/2022
Crisis at Trillium Health Partners demands an intervention
With CTV News reporting that 40 physicians at Trillium Health Partners have hired a lawyer alleging physicians are targets of abusive and unprofessional behaviour by the hospital, Dr. Sohail Gandhi argues the province needs to step in. - 3/8/2022
ER patients report reduction in pain, anxiety after visit from therapy dogs: study
Colleen Dell, co-author of the study and a sociology expert at the University of Saskatchewan, said the findings echo previous research suggesting benefits of therapy dogs within other settings. - 3/8/2022
Attacks hits Ukraine maternity hospital, officials say
Video shared by Zelenskyy showed cheerfully painted hallways strewn with twisted metal and room after room with blown-out windows. Floors were covered in wreckage. - 3/8/2022
U.S. man who got 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months
David Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn't give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had begun deteriorating several days earlier. - 3/8/2022
Bossy doctors: 7 reasons why some docs are bossy
Some doctors are bossy particularly toward their colleagues. Dr. Shawn Whatley counts out the 7 reasons some doctors just love to give orders. - 3/8/2022
This time, I had to listen to myself
One day, about five weeks ago, Dr. Dalhia Chiche-More decided to practice what she often says to some patients and to see how difficult it really is to stop eating sugars. She found the results surprising. - 3/8/2022
Ontario to lift most mask mandates on March 21
The province says improving health indicators, such as a stable COVID-19 test positivity rate and declining hospitalizations, as well as Ontario's high vaccination rates and the availability of antiviral treatments, allow for these steps. - 3/8/2022
EnsembleIQ promotes Joe Territo to executive vice-president of content and communications
New role includes responsibility for communications strategy, including public relations and marketing, to further increase growing retail, healthcare and hospitality marketplace engagement, and to fuel business growth for EnsembleIQ customers. (EnsembleIQ is the master company for the Medical Post and Pharmacy Practice Plus Business magazines.)