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- 9/29/2020
Fort McMurray health centre completes major repairs
Upgrades to the Northern Lights Regional health centre in Fort McMurray, Alta. have just wrapped up completion. The upgrades, which began in spring of 2016, involved major repairs to the roof and exterior building, including replacing all exterior windows and doors, building insulation, exterior finish materials and support framing. - 9/29/2020
Pharmacist leads therapeutic nutrition program for disease management
Virtual conference on October 3 to focus on the implications of therapeutic nutrition on Type 2 diabetes. - 9/29/2020
Why have fewer long-term care residents died from COVID-19 in B.C. than Ontario?
Ottawa - An analysis comparing COVID-19 deaths in long-term care (LTC) residents in Ontario and British Columbia found that BC was better prepared for the pandemic and responded in a more coordinated and decisive manner, leading to far fewer deaths than in Ontario. The article is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). - 9/28/2020
Provide families with guidance on how to reset sleep times disrupted by COVID-19
Pandemic has significantly altered normal sleep patterns for children and teenagers - 9/28/2020
Survey finds doctors worry supplies of flu vaccine, PPE will lag demand
Three quarters of those asked believe the healthcare system is better prepared with COVID-19 resurgences than during the first wave - 9/28/2020
Healthcare workers lacking PPE suffer from more anxiety and depression
While all workers across Canada and around the world are being affected by COVID-19, healthcare workers as a group are most heavily feeling its impact. This is because of their pivotal role in the treatment of people infected with the virus and their high COVID-19 exposure as part of their job. As such, maximizing efforts to enable the healthcare workforce to remain free of COVID-19 infection, and stay in good physical and mental health, is essential to the response and management of COVID-19. - 9/27/2020
The Buddhist Viking
Longevity in medicine necessitates some degree of desensitization. This is part of how we grow. It’s essential. This evolution, however, can come with a cost. With our competence comes the insidious erosion of empathy that creeps in, hand-in-hand with our competence, quietly, relentlessly, and destructively.