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- 10/28/2020
Nova Scotia Tories propose splitting off mental health, addictions into distinct government department
The plan said the province spends more than $344 million on mental health services, which would make it the seventh largest government department if it were separated from health overall. - 10/28/2020
700 doctors say centralization has caused multiple deaths in Quebec hospitals during COVID-19
Spokesperson for the group, Dr. Vincent Bouchard-Dechene explained that healthcare professionals cannot even decide to put a wall between two sections of a hospital in order to avoid contamination. - 10/28/2020
Healthcare providers encouraged to watch out for diabetics' mental health
The level of amputations has risen for diabetics during the pandemic, he said, as people have been afraid to seek treatment even with telltale trouble signs like numbness in limbs. - 10/27/2020
Ontario adding over 760 hospital beds
- 10/27/2020
Ontario ponders end to six month abstinence requirement for liver transplants
Debra Selkirk, whose husband Mark Selkirk died in 2010 before receiving a new liver, challenged the constitutional validity of the policy as a violation of the right to life and equality. Selkirk's estate further argued he was subject to cruel and unusual treatment. - 10/27/2020
'Worst is yet to come': Without government funding diagnostic, surgery backlogs will worsen: CMA
The study estimates that an additional 307,498 procedures would need to be performed over a 12-month period to clear the backlog — a 6.1% increase compared to what would have been expected over the course of a year. - 10/26/2020
New research shares safety strategies for women experiencing domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic
As a veteran researcher who has studied intimate partner violence for 25 years, Dr. Patricia O’ Campo knows that women experience higher rates of increased violence during epidemics — a troubling and well documented pattern. - 10/26/2020
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Healthcare redevelopment project moving forward
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) Healthcare Redevelopment project is another step closer to transforming the way health care is delivered in New Waterford and surrounding area, and the communities of the Northside, a press release announced. The Nova Scotia government awarded the contract for the construction management services for the New Waterford Community Hub and Northside Health Centre projects to PCL Constructors Canada Inc. - 10/26/2020
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