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• Kingston, Ont. health care experts warn of holiday hospital staffing shortage

  As nurses and hospitals are feeling the squeeze, Kingston, Ont. area health care experts are warning people to be discretionary with hospital visits over the holiday.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2022
  
• Many Kingston, Ont. nurses say they haven’t received bonus promised by Ford government

  Many local nurses say they haven't received a promised bonus from the Ontario government. The first installment was supposed to have been paid out in June.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2022
  
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• As Ontario ERs buckle, nurse groups want international applicants’ licenses expedited

  Nursing organizations and hospital networks have both identified international recruitment as a long-term solution as the province struggles to retain workers.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2022
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• Over 75% of Canadian nurses burnt out, RNAO survey finds

  A new survey conducted by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) has found that over 75 per cent of Canada's nurses are "burnt out." 

  Health

  May 12, 2022
• Kingston Health Sciences Centre looking to fill 160 nursing positions

  Kingston Health Sciences Centre is actively recruiting 160 external nursing positions, four times as many as they sought this time last year.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2021
• Ontario easing COVID-19 restrictions is ‘threatening people’s lives’: nurses’ association

  "We need to act now to prevent this third wave from being more catastrophic than the second wave," RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun said.

  Health

  Mar 27, 2021
• COVID-19: Retired health-care workers answer call to help on front lines

  'Now with vaccination, they've asked us to come back and help. So it's been busy. This is very rewarding,' one of many retired health-care workers says of returning amid COVID-19.

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2021
• Coronavirus: Toronto hospital nurse who died by suicide remembered as caring, dedicated

  "Today was supposed to be our ninth anniversary. You were so special, so precious to kind," Jason Parreno said in a post on social media.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2021
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• London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired ‘with cause’

  Kristen Nagle made headlines earlier this month following a publicized trip across the border that went against Canadian government directives to avoid non-essential travel.

  Health

  Jan 18, 2021
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• Coronavirus: Head of Ontario registered nurses union says 9M masks per week are needed

  Doris Grinspun, Chief Executive officer of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, confirmed to Global News that several of her members have contracted COVID-19 and she said it is due to a lack of PPE.

  Politics

  Mar 31, 2020