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- 10/8/2020
Hospitals look for ways to increase capacity, ask Ontario government for help
Early last week, the OHA asked the government to move COVID-19 hot spots back to Stage Two of the province's pandemic response, which saw restrictions on non-essential businesses like restaurants, gyms, and movie theatres. - 10/8/2020
Ontario taps Dr. Joshua Tepper for educational health advisor role
Dr. Tepper is the former president and chief executive officer of North York General Hospital, a role he took on in Nov. 2018. - 10/8/2020
Pharmacist helps B.C. mom by providing sleepless son with 'monster spray'
Heather Garfield remembered how her older son's fears had been assuaged by homemade monster spritz when he was younger. - 10/7/2020
These crazy times
During SARS, I was frustrated with a patient who didn't tell the truth to the triage nurse at the door and endangered herself, myself and all those in the clinic at that time. I tried to understand her fears and even kept in touch with her for the next few weeks to make sure she got better. - 10/7/2020
Drive thru flu shot clinic 'a rehearsal for the COVID vaccine'
Monte Steeves, owner of a Moncton, N.B., said pharmacists across the country are talking about best practices for everything from testing to vaccines at pharmacies right now, recognizing that different regions have different needs. - 10/7/2020
Montreal doctors call for more family physician permits
Quebec's health ministry recently stated it intends to issue 98 family doctor permits for 2021, comparable to this year. - 10/7/2020
Hospital CEO speaks out after nooses again found at hospital construction site
Sarah Downey, president and CEO at Michael Garron Hospital, has written a letter to EllisDon's CEO after a third incidence of anti-Black racism took place on the EllisDon construction site in a four-month period. The incidents happened on the site where a hospital extension is being built at the Michael Garron Hospital in East York, a suburb of Toronto. - 10/7/2020
FPs as frazzled as their patients during pandemic
Family medicine is in a state of crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic which, eight months in, has totally disrupted primary care physicians’ ability to provide face-to-face, quality care. Things are so bad that while governments are urging everyone to get a flu shot to avoid a “twindemic” many have expressed their confusion about finding out where to get that shot, just days away from the time when people typically start getting them.