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- 5/29/2023
Doctor’s supporters, hospital at odds with Indiana penalty for talking about 10 year old’s abortion
The board’s vote late Thursday to issue a letter of reprimand against Dr. Caitlin Bernard won’t limit her ability to practice medicine in the state, and the hospital system where she works said it stood by its finding that she followed privacy rules. - 5/29/2023
Central Vancouver Island to get cancer centre at Nanaimo hospital, says B.C. premier
The centre will be located at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. - 5/29/2023
Ontario hospitals prepare and brace for summer ER staffing challenges
Staffing shortages led hospitals to close their emergency departments for hours or even days at a time during the summer of 2022. - 5/29/2023
Healthcare advocacy groups want provinces to seek anti-smoking measures in Big Tobacco settlement
Lawsuits by all 10 provinces, with British Columbia filing the first one in 1998, are against Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc., and JTI-Macdonald Corp., as well as their foreign parent corporations. - 5/29/2023
Raccoon euthanized after woman brings it to pet store and other customers kiss it
She was seeking to get the animal’s nails trimmed, which is a service the store does not provide to raccoons. - 5/29/2023
Tech Talk for technicians - May 2023
A table of contents outlining articles featured in the May 2023 Tech Talk newsletter for pharmacy technicians. - 5/29/2023
Meet . . . Jaris Swidrovich, founder and chair of the Indigenous Pharmacy Professionals of Canada
Swidrovich is also an assistant professor at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. - 5/29/2023
Why fee-for-service is essentially volunteering
A few short months ago under FFS, at least half my work was volunteer, but I sure didn't feel like everyone loves a volunteer. - 5/29/2023
POLL: How are you managing minor ailment assessments in your pharmacy?
Take our poll and see what your pharmacy peers are up to! - 5/29/2023
UBC faculty of medicine mourns loss of colleague who died climbing Mount Everest
The University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine says it is mourning the unexpected death of Dr. Pieter Swart, an anesthesiologist and associate professor at the school.