Dr. Alex Nataros of the North Island Community Health Centre said he cannot understand why the ER at Port Hardy Hospital is still closed at night when the town has ‘lots of physicians for a town of 4,000 people.’
GJ and Hazel van der Werken, of Burlington, Ont., said their 16-year-old son, Finlay, had a few days of mild illness and was suffering from migraines before his condition began to worsen.
An urgent care clinic for children at Victoria General Hospital will shut on Sept. 1 for an unspecified period, with the local health authority citing heavy workload, physician burnout, and problems with retention.
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Montreal, where temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 34 C for the next two days, and begin to improve Wednesday.
One of the most profound challenges I encountered during my anesthesia rotation as a third-year medical student wasn’t mastering a technical skill or memorizing drug dosages—it was learning to sit with uncertainty in the operating room.
