Emergency Medicine

Surgeries may need to be cancelled as a result, Dr. Andrew Baker wrote to hospital CEOs in a memo obtained by The Canadian Press.

The hospital says it will not remove the breathing tube until the parents have had a chance to appeal the ruling.

Many hospitals across the province, both smaller ones in rural areas and large ones in cities, have been overwhelmed with patients, reporting large volumes and long waits.

The South Bruce Grey Health Centre, which runs the Chesley hospital, closed the community's emergency room in early October, citing “critical nurse shortages.''

An uncomfortable hand rash case at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic reiterates the need to plan ahead when travelling.

Hospital president Todd Stepanuik says the situation is weighing heavily on the "exhausted'' emergency department workers.

Montreal family doctor Claudel Petrin-Desrosiers sees climate change as an all-encompassing “risk amplifier.''

CHEO, the Ottawa pediatric hospital, said Wednesday it had to cancel some surgeries.