Emergency Medicine

Ottawa paramedic leader Darryl Wilton says not a day went by in 2022 that didn't include an overdose-related call.

The primary care crisis puts all care at risk and Dr. Kevin Wasko argues the solution is clear.

The latest data from the BC Coroners Service show that about 14,000 people have died since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016.

Abhishek Gupta, founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, says algorithms can be useful to help reduce wait times, but he warns that the hospital will have to be careful to avoid perpetuating biases.

Island Health says in a statement that the two hospital staff are receiving care, and no patients were injured or affected.

Goal is to relieve pressure on family doctors and emergency departments.

The University Health Network in Toronto has opened a 24-hour stand-alone clinic which has resulted in dramatic improvements in ambulance offload times and freed-up beds at the hospital's emergency department.

Several countries, including the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, and Italy, have mandated COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China.