The following is written in response to the July 12 article “Premier Ford, Ontarians don’t want for-profit, long-term care,” by Dr. Samir Sinha: Read More …
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On Ontario election night, re-elected Premier Doug Ford responded to his resounding success at the polls with a magnanimous gesture. Arms open, he addressed the…
Patients treated by physicians who speak their own language are healthier and less likely to die while in hospital, according to a new study led…
Canadians pride ourselves on having a universal publicly funded health-care system. But one notable exception to this is the provision of assisted human reproduction (AHR)…
Ottawa’s Dr. Nicole Shadbolt has had enough. Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa Citizen for more!
The provincial government’s public sector wage limit is “disrespectful” to nurses and other frontline health care workers and is driving many from the profession even…
Canadians boast that there is no weather too cold for us. That is true for people who have access to a roof over their head,…
After close to two years on the front lines of this pandemic, nurses are feeling tapped-out, exasperated and dispirited. Read More Source: Visit the Ottawa…
During the 2003 epidemic of SARS, I had the responsibility and honor of chairing the Ontario SARS Scientific Advisory Committee that advised the Ontario government…
“The health system is in crisis” is a stark phrase for any top official to utter publicly. But Medical Officer of Health Dr. Vera Etches,…