Canadian Doctors

• Medical delays from COVID-19 led to more advanced cancer cases, say Canadian doctors

  Canadian doctors say they are seeing patients with more advanced stages of cancer than usual – a phenomenon they are attributing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2022
  
• Canadian doctors, nurses provide medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in Poland

  The group is stationed in Poland at a checkpoint where refugees are being given medical care and also warm meals once they cross the border. 

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2022
  
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• Systemic biases allow gender pay gap to persist in Canadian medicine, study says

  The study's authors used publicly available data to examine the relationship between the proportion of women in a specialty and average earnings across Canada.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
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• Kingston woman raises donations to provide personal protective equipment to nurses

  A Kingston woman is taking matters into her own hands by raising funds to purchase masks and personal protective equipment for staff at the Kingston General Hospital.

  Canada

  Mar 26, 2020
• Women say they were banned from bringing tampons to Medical Council of Canada exam rooms

  "It's just a completely disgusting overreach and outrageously invasive."

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2018
• ‘Like our gift to the Christians’: Non-Christian doctors volunteer to work Christmas

  For millions of Canadians, Christmas brings the perennial promise of turkey, stuffing, and quality time off with family and friends.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2017
• Health Canada says more than 2,000 medically assisted deaths since legalization

  Health Canada said the number of medically assisted deaths has been rising since becoming legal.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2017
• Doctors should be better trained in addiction treatment, says study

  A study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat patients addicted to drugs.

  Health

  Aug 17, 2016
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• Law that criminalizes HIV promotes spread of disease, doctors say

  Putting HIV-positive people in jail for aggravated sexual assault, when sex is consensual and there is often no transmission, only adds to the stigma, says one person living with the virus in Part 2 of our Dose of Reality series.

  Crime

  Jun 24, 2014