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No inspections? Ontario ombudsman urges stronger enforcement of LTC rules
Paul Dube’s report on the inspection regime for long-term care homes during the COVID-19 outbreak says that there were no inspections for the first seven weeks of the pandemic and no inspection reports issued for the first two months.
Naloxone kits across Canada should have both nasal spray and injection options: panel
The new guidance, led by the BC Centre for Disease Control, aims to standardize take-home naloxone kits that are distributed through various sites, including pharmacies, community groups and emergency departments, to anyone who could respond to an overdose.

Health agency probing Air Canada vomit incident that echoes broader customer woes

On Tuesday, Air Canada said it apologized to two passengers who were escorted off the plane by security after protesting that their seats were soiled—and still damp—ahead of an Aug. 26 flight from Las Vegas to Montreal.
Mystery disease idea unfounded, should be ‘put to bed’: ex health minister

Dorothy Shephard, who is now a backbench Progressive Conservative MLA, asked health department officials in committee on Tuesday whether any other physicians, other than Dr. Alier Marrero, had brought forward a cluster of mysterious neurological diseases in 48 patients.
Doctor who sterilized woman without consent apologizes in statement

Dr. Andrew Kotaska, a doctor formerly employed at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, released a statement at the end of August following sanctions by a board of inquiry earlier this year.
Alarming trend: More young people are getting cancer—and dying of it, study finds

The new study found an 80% increase in cancer among people under 50 over the last three decades. Screening and prevention programs for early-onset cancer may be worth exploring.
Thousands move from family doc wait list to clinics in New Brunswick

The stop-gap measure to help New Brunswickers without a family doctor is undergoing its final roll-out next week, three months behind schedule.
Indigenous health leader takes top director spot at NLMA

Gertie Mae Muise, a member of Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation who has spent 25 years working on Indigenous healthcare capacity, is set to become executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association.
New injection decision tools for P.E.I. pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

The PEI College of Pharmacy has updated its Injection Decision Tool for Pharmacists, and created a new Injection Decision Tool for Pharmacy Technicians.
How this U.S. non-profit brought a $50 IUD to market

Medicines360 recently issued a report summing up what did and did not work in the seven years since it distributed devices for $50 apiece.