Emergency Medicine

Manitoba to pay back licensure fees for docs working there
Manitoba’s Health Minister Audrey Gordon made the announcement on Thursday.
‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors
A healthcare nightmare began for this Vancouver woman with slow-release morphine.

Two solutions Docs of BC want immediately to mitigate ED crisis happening ‘across the province’

Doctors of BC's Section of Emergency Medicine says the crisis at Langley Memorial Hospital is not an isolated situation and special measures are needed to address emergency department backlog now.
Pharmacies can be safe space for victims of domestic violence

Quebec pharmacist co-authors guidelines to help pharmacy staff identify and support patients of domestic abuse.
NHL tough guys die 10 years younger than their fellow players, study finds

Researchers at Columbia University in New York reached the conclusion after analyzing data from 6,039 NHL players from 1967 to last spring.
SOGC warning of potential shortage of Misoprostol in Canada, provides resource on alternatives

Used for a multitude of gynecological and obstetrics purposes, the society has outlined alternatives to the drug that can be used in various circumstances.
Four acute care hospitals remain evacuated as Alberta wildfires rage

The province declared a state of emergency over the weekend, and about 300 patients from four hospitals are among the some 29,000 Albertans forced to flee.
The green way: Meet the doctors of CAPE

How the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment takes action.
Involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations trending upwards

Big jump in numbers may be due to difficulty accessing care earlier on.
Meet the pathologist who sounded the alarm about sodium nitrite and suicide

Dr. Tyler Hickey’s study highlighted this emerging concern.

Manitoba to pay back licensure fees for docs working there

‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors

Two solutions Docs of BC want immediately to mitigate ED crisis happening ‘across the province’

Pharmacies can be safe space for victims of domestic violence

NHL tough guys die 10 years younger than their fellow players, study finds

SOGC warning of potential shortage of Misoprostol in Canada, provides resource on alternatives

Four acute care hospitals remain evacuated as Alberta wildfires rage

The green way: Meet the doctors of CAPE

Involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations trending upwards

Meet the pathologist who sounded the alarm about sodium nitrite and suicide