1,200 hospital department closures, untold patient suffering: unions call on Doug Ford to enter hospital negotiations and address ongoing crisis
OCHU/CUPE, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor say the government must prevent further closures by entering hospital negotiations to invest in frontline staff. In response to yesterday’s damning...
Overview of Costs & Plans Available in 2023
By Wendy JusticeEven if you’ve never traveled to Mexico for medical or dental care, you likely know someone who has. It’s one of the world’s...
New Canadian babies born via birth tourism less than one per cent of all births
“Birth tourists being specifically people who are coming in specifically to have a birth then go back to their original country,” said Colin Birch, a...
Latest hospital cyberattack shows how health care systems’ vulnerability can put patients at risk
Tulsa, Oklahoma — Annie Wolf's open-heart surgery was just two days away when the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, called, informing her that her...
Ontario hospital data breach sees $480M lawsuit served
A group of southwestern Ontario hospitals is facing a potential $480-million class action lawsuit after at least 270,000 patients in the region had their data...
Memo suggests ER doctors calling in sick at 2 Vancouver hospitals pay out of pocket to get shifts covered
An internal memo to emergency department staff at two Vancouver hospitals has suggested that doctors calling in sick pay half of the financial incentive in place to encourage others...
B.C.’s health-care system like ‘third-world country’: MLA
Conservative Party of BC MLA Bruce Banman is calling on the provincial government to do something to address cracks in the health-care system, citing his...
When does life end? A father didn’t believe his daughter was dead. He says the hospital still harvested her organs | US healthcare
Mike O’Connor had just been told that his daughter was brain dead.Brittany had been in the hospital for six days. One end of a thick...
Weekly update on hospital capacity – November 30, 2023
Hamilton’s healthcare partners are asking for the community’s help in preventing the spread of respiratory illness this fall/winter season and preserving access to the city’s...
Georgia doctor decapitated baby using ‘excessive force’ in delivery
By Ruth ComerfordBBC NewsGoogle MapsThe case is being taken against Southern Regional Medical Centre and Dr St JulianA doctor decapitated a woman's baby during a...