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- 7/20/2020
N.S. health authority successfully recruiting IMGs despite pandemic
Katrina Philopoulos, the Nova Scotia Health Authority's director of physician recruitment, told the CBC the pandemic has caused delays bringing new doctors to the province. Indeed, in April the CBC reported that 13 doctors from the United Kingdom, South Africa and the United States that were due to start working in the province were held up at the border due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. But Philopoulos said since then four IMGs have been allowed in. - 7/20/2020
Addiction and the pandemic
For most jurisdictions where they were legal, alcohol and marijuana were available at every stage of the pandemic. In North America, the shops selling marijuana and alcohol were deemed an “essential service” which meant that they were open throughout the pandemic, in the same way as grocery stores and pharmacies were open. - 7/20/2020
Ontario hospital union holds five minute protest to fight emergency orders
Front-line staff in Ontario hospitals held a five-minute, in-hospital protest on Tuesday as their union continues its fight against the proposed extension of the province's emergency orders. The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, a division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said it does not want the province's emergency order extended in its current form because their collective bargaining agreement would be suspended. - 7/20/2020
Alberta eye doctors ask to bypass AMA, negotiate directly with government
Suggest a change in legislation so they can opt out of AMA - 7/20/2020
Researchers seek Canadian healthcare workers for study on moral distress during pandemic
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute is seeking 500 Canadian health care workers to participate in a study on moral distress and psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants will complete online surveys once every three months for a total of 18 months. The goal is to better understand the pandemic’s impact on health care workers in order to minimize moral distress and support wellbeing during future pandemic events. - 7/19/2020
Infant in Vancouver hospital newborn care unit infected with COVID-19
More people are testing positive for COVID-19 in British Columbia, including a baby in a neo-natal intensive care unit in a Vancouver hospital. - 7/19/2020
Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready
The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa intends to stockpile enough vaccine supplies to give at least two doses to every Canadian whenever a vaccine is available. - 7/19/2020
Diagnosing acute aortic syndrome: new guideline for hard-to-diagnose condition
A new guideline aimed at helping clinicians identify the difficult-to-diagnose acute aortic syndrome is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening condition that underlies 1 in 2000 visits to the emergency department for severe chest or back pain. The rate of misdiagnosis is estimated to be as high as 38%, and the risk of death can increase 2% for every hour of delay in diagnosis. - 7/19/2020
Doctor who survived COVID-19 bewildered by public disregard
While doctors were hailed as heroes early in the pandemic, some say they now feel more like cannon fodder in a war that has become increasingly divisive - 7/16/2020
Canada, U.K., U.S. denounce Russian hackers for targeting COVID-19 vaccine data
Canada, Britain and the United States denounced Russian hackers on Thursday for trying to steal research on COVID-19 vaccines from organizations in all three countries and around the world. Thursday's joint declaration, led by Britain, said the hackers were almost certainly working for Russian intelligence and accused them of disrupting the global efforts to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.