Dr. Warren Thirsk, an emergency room doctor in Edmonton, said he sometimes sees more than 100 people in the waiting room with 30 chairs, while others spill out into hallways or the ambulance bay.
The term ‘food noise’ has emerged alongside the popularity of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists—known as GLP-1 medications—that treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity.
A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia’s Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.
The family of a man who died last week after a physical altercation with security at Saskatchewan’s largest hospital is identifying him as Trevor Dubois.
Dr. Foluso Ayomitunde Olusegun Ola has also been ordered to pay the maximum fine of $35,000—despite it being ‘far less’ than the amount that was overbilled.
