Logan Giesbrecht left his dream job as an emergency room nurse when the mental health strain of an understaffed department became unbearable, even before the pandemic's fourth wave hit and anti-vaccination protesters began gathering outside hospitals.
Provincial officials say there are now 11 primary-care providers delivering services through the VirtualCareNS program, which includes eight family physicians and three nurse practitioners.
Dr. Verna Yiu, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, said hospitals have admitted two dozen or more critically ill COVID-19 patients on average each day since Sunday.
The key challenges to gender equity the respondents identified included that gendered expectations and biases can come from many sources in a physician's life from family to patients to colleagues.
Members of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association's opioid poisoning committee have penned a letter to Premier Jason Kenney, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other health and addictions officials.
