Martha Porado
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- 9/18/2024
Nurse-patient ratios at B.C. hospitals set to expand in fall, says health minister
The nurse-ratio numbers come as the government announced earlier this week about 248,000 people have connected with a family doctor or nurse practitioner through the province’s Health Connect online registry. - 9/18/2024
Health Minister Mark Holland appeals to Senate not to amend pharmacare bill
The bill is the result of weeks of political negotiations with the New Democrats, who early this year threatened to pull out of their supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals unless they could agree on the wording. - 9/18/2024
WATCH: Canada’s physicians formally apologize for harm to Indigenous communities
The CMA said it underwent a multi-year review of its archives and other documented interactions with Indigenous communities, finding a long history of harm caused by the Canadian doctors. - 9/18/2024
Six common natural products potentially harmful to the liver
One study showed 15.6 million U.S. adults consume so-called natural products associated with hepatotoxic risks. - 9/17/2024
Ottawa resumes suspensions for overdue student vaccine records after two-year pause
Last year, 66% of 7- and 17-year-old students who had their records checked were overdue for vaccines to start the year. - 9/17/2024
Manitoba is getting its first extended hours primary care clinic
‘People don’t get sick exclusively during business hours.’ - 9/17/2024
New Brunswick man suffers heart attack in hospital parking lot as E.R. closes
Grant Jordan was driving to a friend’s house on Aug. 31 when he started feeling tightness in his chest. - 9/17/2024
Surrey, B.C., ER doctors call for ‘new leadership’ amid ‘toxic’ work environment
British Columbia politicians are celebrating connecting more people with family doctors, but it comes as emergency room physicians at Surrey Memorial Hospital say conditions there continue to crumble. - 9/16/2024
Health Canada approves updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
The mRNA vaccine, called Spikevax, has been reformulated to target the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron. - 9/16/2024
Italian army will guard a hospital after attacks on medical workers
With over 16,000 reported cases of physical and verbal assaults nationwide in 2023 alone, Italian doctors and nurses have called for drastic measures.
