The Health Department says the number of hospitalizations linked to the novel coronavirus declined by 57, to 1,995, after 130 people were admitted and 187 discharged in the past 24 hours.
Out of shame or fear of damaging their careers, doctors do not easily talk about the professional mistakes they make. The start of a five-part series by the Medical Post’s sister brand in Quebec, Profession Santé.
Opportunistic salpingectomy refers to using the occasion of when a patient is already undergoing a hysterectomy, taking the chance to also remove the fallopian tubes, or as an alternative to tubal ligation.
Kevin MacMullin, business manager for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 727, says although highly trained, Nova Scotia's paramedics are among the lowest paid in North America.
