Quebec Health Minister

• COVID-19: West Island Regional Health Authority working to ‘catch up’ on testing delays

  While West Island residents are dealing with long wait times to get their COVID-19 test results, the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal says they're working around the clock.

  Health

  Apr 27, 2021
  
• Director of health board overseeing hospital where Joyce Echaquan died has been replaced

  Caroline Barbir will be taking over from the current president and CEO Daniel Castonguay, effective Dec. 3.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2020
  
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• Montreal has first presumptive case of COVID-19: Quebec health minister

  Health officials said because the victim's symptoms are minor, she does not require hospitalization and was asked to stay at home in isolation.

  Health

  Feb 27, 2020
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• Public consultations to be held on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill

  Danielle McCann said during a funding announcement in Montreal on Thursday that at least one day is planned at the end of February, but her office later suggested it could extend the consultation period beyond that.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2020
• Quebec to expand assisted death to include mentally ill, but few expected to qualify

  Health Minister Danielle McCann told a news conference Tuesday that people with mental health issues who aren't responding to treatment would be able to ask for the procedure -- but she stressed such cases would be exceptional.

  Health

  Jan 22, 2020
• Health Minister Danielle McCann says changing doctors’ pay key to improving Quebec health care

  Quebec's health minister says the next step in improving the province's health care is changing the way family doctors are paid. 

  Politics

  Jan 1, 2020
• Physicians consider legal action to save gynecology clinic at Lachine Hospital

  A Lachine Hospital physician is calling for the health minister to intervene or else he vows to take legal action.

  Canada

  Mar 12, 2019
• Quebec’s plans to open new winter clinics comes too late, according to nurses

  Such measures should have been put in place much earlier, according to the Quebec Nurses Federation.

  Canada

  Jan 8, 2019
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• Exclusive: Kidney cancer patient in the Laurentians wins fight for less invasive treatment in Montreal

  He was told two months ago that his tumour is small enough to qualify for a local tumour ablation (LTA) instead of surgery.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2018
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• Quebec adopts new regulation to improve access to healthcare in English

  The regulation creates a provincial access committee, and is the product of a three-year collaboration between English-language rights advocates and the health minister.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2018