Healthcare
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KHSC says change to urgent care hours aimed at making access more ‘predictable’Beginning Wednesday, July 22, the urgent care centre at Hotel Dieu Hospital will register patients from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends.HealthJul 22
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Montreal hospital livestreams surgeries for educational purposesA Montreal hospital's surgeon is livestreaming complex eye surgeries to give medical trainees a real-time window into the operating room.HealthJul 15
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FIFA World Cup begins today. Here’s how Toronto healthcare workers preparedToronto healthcare workers have spent months preparing for possible threats — from mass-casualty events to outbreaks of viral illnesses such as measles and norovirus.HealthJun 11
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U.S. Social Security’s retirement fund depleting year sooner than expectedRising healthcare costs and U.S. government spending have contributed to a projected depletion date that is less than 10 years from now.U.S. NewsJun 9
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Emergency rooms are getting some relief during Habs games in Stanley Cup playoffsSome Quebec hospitals say emergency room visits dropped during recent Montreal Canadiens playoff games, offering brief relief to overcrowded ERs.SportsMay 8
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Manitoba spending $22M to improve cardiac care at St. Boniface HospitalThe Manitoba government is providing $22.1 million in funding to improve the cardiac care centre at Winnipeg's St. Boniface Hospital.HealthApr 10
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33% of Canadian women wait more than 2 years for menopause care: surveyThe Ipsos survey found that although 40 per cent of surveyed women consult a general practitioner, 39 per cent, say they 'didn’t know where to go,' to receive supports and care.HealthMar 27
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Oral HIV self-test can now be sold in Canada in ‘key’ moveOraSure Technologies announced Tuesday its OraQuick HIV self-test, which can produce results in 20 minutes, received a licence to distribute from Health Canada.HealthFeb 10
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Quebec private doctors challenge law forcing five years of public system workQuebec’s private doctors' federation challenges a law requiring new doctors to work five years in the public system, calling it discriminatory and harmful to patient care.CanadaJan 29
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Sask. man who died after clash with hospital security had filed complaint, group saysSaskatchewan’s First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s Office says they received a healthcare complaint from Trevor Dubois in the months preceding his death.CanadaJan 26
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