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The new standard takes effect a year after the province’s Health Professions Act was amended to strengthen existing laws that ban the procedure.

The new model aims to help clinicians and regulators alike through complex cases.

The Medscape survey also found physicians were twice as likely than the general population to have suicide ideation.

The decision to discontinue providing obstetrical services was emotional and difficult, hospital officials said in a news release.

While he welcomes new funding for healthcare, SMA president Dr. John Gjevre said it has been frustrating to watch other provinces make program changes that doctors in Saskatchewan have long asked for.

The Ontario Medical Association said it first learned of the pending suspension on Friday.

Optometrists withdrew from performing provincially insured eye services from September to November 2021 amid a dispute over the amount they were being reimbursed.

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