ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/27/2024
Doctor’s husband suing Disney for negligence in wrongful death case
Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan had a severe allergy to nuts and dairy products and informed the waiter that she required ‘allergen free food.’ - 2/27/2024
Why I switched from neurosurgery and chose family medicine
There is a unique fulfillment that comes from being part of patients’ life stories and comprehensive care provided by family doctors gives that. - 2/27/2024
‘Not consulted’: Alberta health minister questions Ottawa’s national pharmacare plan
The plan as it stands would allow every Canadian with a health card to access free diabetes medication and birth control. - 2/27/2024
Strep throat bug also causes flesh-eating disease, but why is a ‘random game’
An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a Hong Kong hospital after a bout with the infection forced the amputation of one of his legs above the knee. - 2/26/2024
Primary-care teams, access to health records key fixes for family doc crisis: report
Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto surveyed more than 9,000 people online and had in-person discussions with dozens more across Canada to talk about their experiences with primary care and how to fix it. - 2/26/2024
As family doctors our prescription for residents is to not set up a practice in Ontario
Governments in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia have made family medicine a priority—and backed their words with targeted funding. Ontario must as well. - 2/26/2024
What is pushing family medicine to economic extinction?
A family doctor walks into a bar, and cries, ‘Ouch my head! It’s so dark in here I didn’t see the friggin’ bar overhead!’ - 2/26/2024
On addressing the shortage of family doctors now
A retired FP looks at the disparity between the fees paid to him decades ago and what the inflation-adjusted amounts should be—and what Ontario actually pays now. - 2/26/2024
Freeland pledges pharmacare deal won’t jeopardize federal finances
The NDP confirmed on Friday that it reached a deal on pharmacare with the Liberals, which would allow every Canadian with a health card to access free diabetes medication and birth control. - 2/26/2024
‘Superhighways’: Study says rural ground wells increase risk of higher radon levels
‘Compared to an X-ray, an alpha particle is vastly more damaging to our DNA, generating mutations that drive our cells, in the lung, toward cancer.’