Healthcare

Carina Majaesic, medical director at the Stollery, told a news conference Tuesday that the hospital has also expanded emergency room and hallway capacity to make room for more beds.

It all started with a captive herd of about 25 reindeer at the veterinary school that's used to teach students about wildlife medicine.

The drug shortage has led to some calls for Canada to invest more in its pharmaceutical production capacities for essential medications.

Dr. Paul Phelan, a Prince Edward Island physician, acknowledged he never entered his elderly patient's room but billed for the visits.

During late night shifts at the Midnight Pharmacy, I learned to file, to spin bottle caps, to identify shoplifters (they're not always who you think) and to appreciate the colourful side of life.

Here are 20 (hilarious) questions about medical specialities. Some answers are rather facile, others a bit more challenging and obscure. If they were all straightforward everyone would get them all right. And that’s no fun!

Standards deal with MAiD, prescribing for opioid use disorder and female genital mutilation.

Dr. Brian Nathan claims that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and Health Match B.C. were negligent when they told him in 2013 he could apply for provisional-family registration. He found out in 2019 that he was ineligible for this route.