Because of the delays in one patient's healthcare, her cancer had spread to bone and lung. She had wasted 18 months on the waitlist. I have hundreds of stories like this.
The decision sets in motion a reversal of government policy that began almost 30 years ago when then-premier Ralph Klein collapsed more than 200 health boards and agencies into 17 regional health authorities.
Dr. Melissa Lem, says Carter Vigh’s death underscores the urgent need to better protect vulnerable people from the effects of wildfires and other climate change-driven emergencies.
The Netherlands was the first nation to legalize euthanasia. A 2002 law allowed physicians to end the lives of patients under strict conditions, either by administering a fatal dose of drugs or giving the patient the drugs to take.
The Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer say in a report that other gaps in the data include risk factors to guide cancer prevention efforts, patients’ experiences and social determinants of health.
Comirnaty Original and Omicron BA.4/BA.5 vaccine is now indicated for primary immunization, as well as for bivalent booster, in individuals five years of age or older.
