COVID-19

Healthcare workers' pandemic overtime hours highest in more than a decade: CIHI
The CIHI report cites Statistics Canada survey data that found more than 236,000 healthcare workers worked overtime in 2021, with an average of 8.2 hours per week of paid overtime and 5.8 hours per week of unpaid overtime.
Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week
One million bottles of children's medication will have been distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and retailers after next week, health officials said during a media briefing.

Nova Scotia children's hospital sees historically high patient numbers

Dr. Andrew Lynk said Thursday that Halifax children's hospital IWK Health Centre is seeing patient numbers higher than he's experienced in his more than 30-year career.
'Bleakest of role models for women': Fired health leader calls out Alberta premier

A leader in Alberta's health system who was fired by Premier Danielle Smith is firing back.
'It really shook me': Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

Dr. Paul Fedak, who is Ukrainian-Canadian, said he was watching a social media post months ago of a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Igor Mokryk, taking patients down into a bunker as bombs were going off overhead.
Alberta government fires health board, appoints administrator to fix system stresses

Premier Danielle Smith said Dr. John Cowell will take over the duties of the Alberta Health Services board effective immediately.
Top doctors in B.C. and Quebec say no to mandatory masks

Dr. Bonnie Henry said 90% of people in B.C. have some immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination, infection or both.
Chinese leaders face anger over second child’s quarantine death

Frustration at controls that are confining millions of people to their homes and sparking fights with health workers in China.
Provincial and federal governments must both take immediate action on medicare crisis

Provincial governments, instead of responding to the problem with the urgency required, have launched a media campaign for more federal funding.
Prevalence of contraindications to Paxlovid in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Study determines how many patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had contraindications to nirmatrelvir–ritonavir and would have required an alternate outpatient treatment.

Healthcare workers' pandemic overtime hours highest in more than a decade: CIHI

Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week

Nova Scotia children's hospital sees historically high patient numbers

'Bleakest of role models for women': Fired health leader calls out Alberta premier

'It really shook me': Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

Alberta government fires health board, appoints administrator to fix system stresses

Top doctors in B.C. and Quebec say no to mandatory masks

Chinese leaders face anger over second child’s quarantine death

Provincial and federal governments must both take immediate action on medicare crisis

Prevalence of contraindications to Paxlovid in hospitalized patients with COVID-19