Health Care Services
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N.B. woman frustrated air ambulance delay caused mom to miss stroke medicationA woman from the remote island community of Grand Manan, N.B., is speaking out after her mother missed getting medication for a stroke due to issues with air ambulance service.HealthMay 11, 2023
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English-speaking Quebecers concerned government will limit health servicesThe government has insisted this is not its intention, but last month, it dissolved a committee that had spent years working to improve access to English services.PoliticsJan 13, 2022
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NDP would ‘encourage’ provinces to improve delivery of health care, Singh saysNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he'd use the billions of dollars the federal government transfers to provinces for health care as leverage to push for better local services.PoliticsOct 17, 2019
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Should you know if trainees are involved in your surgery?A commentary in a prominent medical journal says patients ought to be told when doctors-in-training are going to play an active role in their surgeries.HealthJun 26, 2015
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Albertans wait longer than national average for cancer surgery: reportNew numbers from the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Alberta Health Services has found Albertans are waiting longer than the national average for five types of cancer surgery.CanadaApr 14, 2015
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Here’s how long Canadians are waiting for surgery across the countryWhile there were more surgeries performed in Canada between 2010 and 2014, wait times haven’t budged, according to a new report.HealthApr 14, 2015
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Exercising critically ill patients may help speed recoveryThe intensive care unit is a last frontier for physical therapy: It's hard to exercise patients hooked to ventilators so they can breathe.HealthMar 30, 2015
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Universal drug plan? Docs say it would save money, help CanadiansCanadians celebrate their universal health care, but why doesn’t the country have its own universal drug plan? While it sounds expensive, new research suggests that the idea is feasible.HealthMar 16, 2015
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Canadian task force issues new guidelines on treating adult obesityThe Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issued new guidelines to help frontline health care workers prevent and manage adult obesity.HealthJan 26, 2015
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Nasty flu season strikes as H3N2 cases spike across CanadaThe flu season arrived just in time for the New Year: across the country, hospitals are bracing for patients sick with H3N2.CanadaDec 31, 2014
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