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Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception
The customer seeking the prescription said she then traveled about 100 miles (160 kilometers) round trip from the pharmacy in McGregor to another pharmacy in Brainerd, where she filled the prescription.
The unmatched spots are out after the first CaRMs round: Bet you can guess which specialty makes up most of them
The first round of matches for the R-1 Match came out March 19.

Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract

The union and Quebec Treasury Board President Sonia LeBel both said today they won’t discuss specifics before members have a chance to hear the details.
Did U.K. hospital staff try to snoop on Kate’s medical records? A privacy watchdog is investigating

Princess Kate had surgery at the clinic in central London on Jan. 16 and was discharged almost two weeks later.
N.S. to face wave of physician retirements as wait-list for primary care remains high

‘The level of stress on family doctors and emergency physicians has really quite drastically increased since I started to practice about 10 years ago.’
Quebec and Ottawa reach ‘in principle’ agreement on healthcare funding

Premier François Legault's office says the proposed infusion comes with no conditions.
Updated recommendations for use of pneumococcal vaccines in children

National Advisory Committee on Immunization issues guidance on 15-valent and 20-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccines for preventing invasive pneumococcal disease.
There for the duration: New UBC program immerses family medicine residents in rural communities

The program is checklist-based instead of rotation-based as medical residents stay in the community for the full two years.
‘Complete disregard’: Patient lost disability benefits because of doctor’s failure to complete forms

Toronto family physician Dr. Mei Lump-Mee Hwang, who kept the same patient waiting on several occasions—sometimes for as long as six hours—has been suspended for 12 months.
‘Motel medicine’: Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel

Alberta’s health minister says proper procedures were followed when a stroke patient who, for his long-term recovery, was shipped to a motel where his wheelchair didn’t fit and he was fed fast food.

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

The unmatched spots are out after the first CaRMs round: Bet you can guess which specialty makes up most of them

Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract

Did U.K. hospital staff try to snoop on Kate’s medical records? A privacy watchdog is investigating

N.S. to face wave of physician retirements as wait-list for primary care remains high

Quebec and Ottawa reach ‘in principle’ agreement on healthcare funding

Updated recommendations for use of pneumococcal vaccines in children

There for the duration: New UBC program immerses family medicine residents in rural communities

‘Complete disregard’: Patient lost disability benefits because of doctor’s failure to complete forms

‘Motel medicine’: Alberta NDP urge apology after stroke patient sent to motel

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