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The letter, addressed to Premier Scott Moe, Health Minister Paul Merriman and chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab, doesn't make any specific policy demands or suggestions but rather hopes to spur momentum for further action without appearing political.

The cornerstone of Alberta Health Services’ new program, which has not yet been implemented, requires outpatients to buy medications at their local pharmacy and obtain necessary infusions from medical clinics.

Review key facts with patients to ensure appropriate use of the self-test to detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

In a release, the OMA said doctors support the concept of such a framework but say its current form is too lax and allows too many businesses to remain open given the corresponding number of cases of the virus.

Until recently, only methadone was available to help these patients get off street drugs and, although Health Canada has removed prescribing restrictions for methadone, in Ontario the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario still requires us to get special training.

The researchers conducted 1,049 fit tests during the COVID-19 pandemic so far, testing 813 (77%) women and 236 (23%) men, using either a sweet or bitter spray to qualitatively test the fit.

The report spans July 2019 to August 2020 covering discussions with Canadians living with, or who have an interest in, chronic pain. In Canada, it's estimated one in four people, aged 15 or older, live with chronic pain.