Examining how many knee replacements happened within the recommended six-month time frame, one province's track record actually improved over the course of the pandemic.
Dr. Jabir Jassam argues governments need to increase the wages and benefits of existing doctors and support nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care offices.
It is the latest blow to the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, which has failed at times to live up to its plan to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The eyedrops from EzriCare and Delsam Phama were recalled in February and health authorities are continuing to track infections as they investigate the outbreak.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says up to $1.4 billion of that money will be used to help provinces and territories expand coverage of new and existing drugs that treat rare diseases.
