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- 4/4/2024
Do you want the good news or the bad news?
Dr. Danielle Martin, chair of the department of family and community medicine at U of T, argues that the recent CaRMS match offers both hope and hardships. - 4/4/2024
Ford wants ‘100%’ Ontario students at med schools in province
‘I’m not being mean, but I’m taking care of our students, our kids first.’ - 4/4/2024
Water main break leaves Halifax hospital complex without water, surgeries cancelled
A second water main break in as many days at a large hospital complex in Halifax left no running water for drinking or for flushing toilets. - 4/4/2024
Saskatoon doctor accused of making abortion comments facing disciplinary charges
‘I hope you have loved ones in heaven who will take care of your baby in heaven.’ - 4/2/2024
Why Ontario school boards are suing social media platforms for causing an attention crisis
Time spent on Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram and Youtube, the suit claims, has led to ‘an attention, learning, and mental health crisis.’ The apps cause ‘distraction, social withdrawal, cyberbullying’ and ‘a rapid escalation of aggression.’ - 4/2/2024
Ontario hospitals send 326K letters to patients whose info was stolen in cyberattack
The cyberattack targeted Bluewater Health, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, Erie Shores HealthCare, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and Windsor Regional Hospital on Oct. 23. - 4/2/2024
Systems restored after Toronto hospital network outage, cyberattack ruled out: UHN
After warning of delays earlier in the day at diagnostic services and some blood labs, UHN now says those delays could continue as staff work to clear the backlog. - 4/2/2024
Health minister’s berating of suffering patients was downright cruel
Desperate Canadians are being criticized for considering healthcare outside Canada, says Dr. Shawn Whatley. - 4/2/2024
Open letter to Premier Ford: Fix family medicine or risk losing the next election
It is coming up on 25% of Ontarians lacking a family doctor and the solution, Dr. Sohail Gandhi says to Ontario’s premier, is a raise of 35% for comprehensive care family physicians. - 4/2/2024
N.B. not ruling out notwithstanding clause in bill to force people into drug care
Last week, Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said the idea behind the bill is to force people with severe drug addiction into treatment if they are not in a mental state to make that decision voluntarily.