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- 8/28/2022
Preventing delirium protects seniors in hospital, but could also ease overcrowding and ER backlogs
Delirium affects up to 25% of older persons presenting to hospital, and is acquired by a further 25% while in hospital. - 8/28/2022
CMA should be advocating for pensions for physicians
The CMA would appear to Dr. Sohail Gandhi to be back on track: paying more attention to physician advocacy. If it means to continue, the association can prove it had doctors' backs right now by advocating for a better pension situation on a federal level. - 8/28/2022
Lot of Jamp-Atorvastatin Calcium recalled due to potential incorrect strength on label
One bottle from the lot, labelled to contain 10 mg Jamp-Atorvastatin Calcium was found to contain 40 mg tablets of the drug. - 8/28/2022
Labour shortage forces P.E.I. hospital to warn of reduced access to epidurals
The statement says the reduction is not related to the ongoing countrywide epidural supply issue. - 8/28/2022
'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report
BC Emergency Health Services said its "deepest condolences go out to the family and the community.'' - 8/28/2022
Ontario's science table says province plans to create smaller group of advisers
The science table's memo to Public Health Ontario, sent this week, sets out a long list of concerns with what they describe as the agency's plan. - 8/25/2022
Leaked documents: North Vancouver Island braces for fall as healthcare crisis threatens to get worse
There should be the equivalent of seven full-time doctors in the community, but only two physicians remain at the community clinic, while the third is shifting to cover acute or emergency care, the documents said. - 8/25/2022
The (medical) funny pages: Welcome to the Jurassic Park Emergency Department
Dr. Cliff Reid, an emergency medicine and intensive care medicine doctor from Sydney, examined what it would be like to combine the emergency department with the prehistoric world of giant lizards. - 8/25/2022
Ontario COVID-19 science table being dissolved
Members of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table say Public Health Ontario has informed them the group is being dissolved as of Sept. 6. - 8/25/2022
POLL: Should involuntary treatment for drug addiction be legal?
B.C. NDP candidate David Eby raised eyebrows when he said that if elected he would consider legislating such treatment.