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- 2/2/2022
Financial restructuring at Laurentian U likely to mean higher rent for NOSM
This is based on recently released documents from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice referring to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, which is overseeing the financial insolvency matters at LU. - 2/2/2022
Free passes to Canada's national parks are good medicine
The passes are being offered by Parks Canada through its partnership with the British Columbia Parks Foundation to allow healthcare providers like doctors, nurses and therapists who have registered for the program to "prescribe'' nature to patients dealing with both physical and mental health challenges. - 2/2/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Thorrun Govind: "Find mentors who aren’t like you and learn from them!"
When I first got involved in pharmacy, I realised that the profession didn’t really shout about what it does. I was determined to study for my degree at King’s College London. Whilst I was studying, I met the editor of Chemist and Druggist Magazine and started writing pieces for them. My tip from this is, if you are interested in something then ask to get involved; the worst that can happen is you get told no! - 2/2/2022
Toronto hospitals urge downtown healthcare workers not to wear their uniforms during trucker protest planned for Saturday
Toronto police are planning to up security surrounding downtown hospitals, with workers who don't strictly need to be at their hospital being encouraged to stay away. - 2/2/2022
Beyond Jimmy Buffett: the new medical conference
Medical conferences require a fundamental rethink shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient attendance likely the norm going forward. - 2/1/2022
A patient's thanks. Pharmacist Brian Mok gives it his best shot
Today, we often think of a "booster" as an enthusiastic sports or community supporter. But Leaside, a town in Ontario like many others in Canada, has its very own health booster, who is busy these days dispensing Covid booster shots (and more) to the locals. - 2/1/2022
Case of eastern Ontario doctor charged with murder adjourned to late February
Dr. Brian Nadler is accused of killing 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital last year. - 2/1/2022
Every Rx for a travel vaccine represents an opportunity
Every incoming script for a travel vaccine to a community pharmacy presents an opportunity to assess a patient’s preventable travel-related health risks. - 2/1/2022
New turning point? More countries easing COVID restrictions
Omicron, the Geneva-based World Health Organization says, has fueled more cases—90 million—in the world over the last 10 weeks than during all of 2020, the outbreak's first full year. - 2/1/2022
CMA, activists call on Canada to speed vaccine access globally to stop new variants
Dr. Katharine Smart, the president of the leading association of Canadian medical professionals, says raising the international vaccination rate is the only way to prevent the rise of new COVID-19 variants that are prolonging the pandemic through an endless cycle of lockdowns and serious illness.