Management

Group roils OMA governance
Plan to let past- OMA presidents run again fails but other reformer motions pass.
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement Thursday, while on a construction site in Vancouver, calling the plan a ‘landmark new agreement’ for building more homes and modernizing infrastructure in B.C.

The AGM continues and all OMA members should be there
Why I chose to speak at the OMA AGM: How Board service changed my perspective

While some feel strongly that non-physicians shouldn't be on the OMA Board, Dr. Ramsey Hijazi makes the case for their value.
Fewer cops, more staff: CAEP’s new position statement on emergency department violence

The problem is growing, so where's the proactivity? New statement full of ideas of how to flag potentially violent patients, and create safer, calmer environments.
Another man has died while waiting for care at hospital: Alberta Medical Association

The AMA says the patient received some initial therapy in the emergency room but because there were no stretcher spaces inside the emergency department, he was left in waiting room.
Ontario’s more restrictive transparency law nixes request for health minister records

More than 70% of Ontario hospitals are forecasting deficits, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones has told them to come up with three-year plans to balance their budgets.
POLL: Should medical association boards have public members with voting rights?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
New Brunswick premier touts new health clinics, says there is more to do

‘It’s not enough to make an announcement about good news to kick off a clinic.’
How a surgeon kept a Sudan hospital functioning on the war's front line

For three years, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb made excruciating choices. As the war in Sudan raged around him, only one decision was easy: Keep working.

Group roils OMA governance

Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre

The AGM continues and all OMA members should be there

Why I chose to speak at the OMA AGM: How Board service changed my perspective

Fewer cops, more staff: CAEP’s new position statement on emergency department violence

Another man has died while waiting for care at hospital: Alberta Medical Association

Ontario’s more restrictive transparency law nixes request for health minister records

POLL: Should medical association boards have public members with voting rights?

New Brunswick premier touts new health clinics, says there is more to do

How a surgeon kept a Sudan hospital functioning on the war's front line