Nine nurses working in the Montreal General Hospital’s 12th-floor trauma and orthopedics ward have been laid off under a sweeping plan to slash $50 million in spending at the McGill University Health Centre.
Frustrated and worried health care workers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) say only a radical reform of the way the teaching hospital is managed will salvage its reputation as an academic teaching hospital.
Fred Horne announced on Twitter that Alberta Health would pay a higher generics price until May 30 to allow the province’s pharmacies to adapt to lower prices.
