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A sudden influx of injured patients poured into a local hospital, all to be managed by a team of one doctor and five nurses.

The policy applies to new tenants, but the company says existing tenants must show proof of vaccine to access common areas like gyms and party rooms.

It looks like the Upper River Valley Hospital's labour and birth unit has been saved from closure for now, but what is the state of rural care in the province?

The British government is investigating whether built-in racial bias in some medical devices led to Black and Asian people getting sick and dying disproportionately from COVID-19.

The recently completed pilot saw 10% of users find a family doctor.

The optometrists withdrew provincially insured eye services on Sept. 1 in a funding dispute with the province.

The review estimates that 10% of items dispensed in primary care are overprescribed and urges “cultural changes to reduce a reliance on medicines.”