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- 3/28/2022
Quebec commits to reforming its pandemic battered healthcare system by 2025
The sweeping plan outlined by Health Minister Christian Dube today includes ending mandatory overtime for nurses, investing in home care and hospital upgrades, more partnerships with the private sector and better access to data. - 3/28/2022
Which anticoagulant is the best to prevent recurrent VTE?
Study compares four common anticoagulants for long-term safety, effectiveness. - 3/28/2022
Ontario launches new plan to prepare for health emergencies
The measures are some of the items in what the province is calling a Plan to Stay Open, which aims to ensure Ontario is better equipped to respond to another health crisis. - 3/28/2022
B.C. doctor alleged to be opposed to COVID-19 regulations suspended during probe
The interim suspension order, effective March 24 but posted on the college's website on Monday, affects Dr. Stephen Malthouse, a family practitioner on Denman Island. - 3/28/2022
Experts say Quebec has entered a sixth wave of COVID 19 propelled by BA.2 subvariant
While the province's public health director has been reluctant to confirm a new wave, Dr. Don Vinh of the McGill University Health Centre has little doubt it's underway. - 3/27/2022
Ontario and its doctors ratify new three-year agreement
The Physician Services Agreement will cover the period from April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2024. - 3/27/2022
Former nurse guilty of homicide in medication error death
The jury found Vaught not guilty of reckless homicide. Criminally neglent homicide was a lesser charge included under the original charge. - 3/27/2022
The autoimmune disease at the centre of the spat between Will Smith and Chris Rock at the Oscars
Jada Pinkett Smith's condition is called alopecia areata, a disease that occurs when the body's immune system attacks hair follicles. - 3/27/2022
Half of the top 10 Ontario 'sunshine list' earners were in healthcare in 2021
The so-called "Sunshine list" includes numerous physicians and chief medical officers. - 3/24/2022
If the PPSA is rejected, what is the alternative?
Dr. Jabir Jassam says he has heard doctors' arguments pro and con on Ontario's Proposed Physician Services Agreement but a question remains.