In her new role, Crosschild is set to work with Indigenous patients to liaise and build trust and accessibility within issues like health education, medical translation and helping patients understand diagnoses.
Neurologist, Dr. Luanne Metz has established a political action committee, called Eyes Forward, to warn against the potential harms of allowing privatization in the system.
A new report on physician registration by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) suggests the expected physician exodus as a result of government policies has not happened. The provincial government was quick to praise the findings, but the Alberta Medical Association said that the numbers don’t reflect the bigger picture and are too early to capture physician departures.
Speaking at a virtual public health conference Wednesday, Njoo said collecting data on race and ethnicity for health purposes has been neglected for a very long time but everyone recognizes its importance now.
The viral threat has many of my patients running scared—some have barely left their homes since the pandemic began. These include the elderly, the immunocompromised and those with comorbidities.
