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‘Real disconnect’: Provinces and feds point fingers as Canada’s ER crisis continuesHealthSep 27, 2022There is mixed messaging from politicians as the ER crisis continues across Canada, one health expert says. -
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‘I know that it saved my life’: Can virtual health care ease Canada’s ER crisis?HealthSep 20, 2022 -
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‘Dying on wait-lists’: Could private health-care solve Canada’s ER ‘crisis’?HealthSep 6, 2022 -
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Lack of urgency on mental health transfer contributing to ER crisis, advocates sayA lack of urgency to improve and expand access to mental health and addictions care across the country is contributing to the 'crisis' in Canada’s emergency rooms, advocates say.HealthNov 26, 2022
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Doctors across Canada eyeing changes to B.C. family physician pay with cautious optimismHealth practitioners across Canada are closely watching a promised overhaul of B.C.'s payment model for family doctors – changes that some say are a 'step in the right direction.'HealthNov 2, 2022
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Low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in young kids concerning as viruses swirl, doctors sayCOVID-19 vaccines for children under five in Canada have been available for more than three months, but so far only a small fraction of eligible kids have received a pandemic shot.HealthOct 31, 2022
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Canada’s ER crisis: Doctors urge governments to stop finger-pointing and find solutionsEmergency room doctors say it’s time federal and provincial governments stop pointing fingers over the “crisis” in health care and instead come up with solutions.HealthOct 30, 2022
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Wait times in children’s ERs are spiking. Here’s a look at how long you might waitWith some children’s hospitals in Canada experiencing significant surges in patients, emergency wait times have started to soar.HealthOct 27, 2022
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Canada’s premiers turn up the heat in new push for more health fundingCanada’s premiers have launched a new ad campaign aimed at ratcheting up public pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to negotiate more federal health funding to the provinces.HealthOct 26, 2022
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Liberals face mounting calls to fulfil $4.5B mental health transfer election pledgeThe federal Liberals are facing calls to fulfil an election pledge to create a $4.5 billion mental health transfer - a stalled promise that is contributing to Canada’s ER crisis.HealthOct 21, 2022
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‘Requests are just piling up’: Patients continue to suffer long waits for medical imagingMany Canadians are being forced into a medical limbo as they wait for diagnoses or treatment because of major backlogs in medical imaging across the country.HealthSep 13, 2022
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