Canadian Health Care
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Ontario woman who beat stage 3 breast cancer calls out health systemOn Wednesday morning, Kittana Ruels, 46, rang the bell celebrating her last chemotherapy appointment, and it was a moment of elation but not one that came without its reservations.HealthFeb 8, 2024
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Canadian governments must fix health-care crisis, workers and advocates urgeThe “prescription for hope” list released Friday includes creating a pan-Canadian licensing model to allow doctors to work anywhere in the country.CanadaNov 4, 2022
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New CMA president says he has a plan to change Canada’s ‘faceless’ health-care systemDr. Alika Lafontaine’s term as president of the Canadian Medical Association comes at a time when health care is collapsing and crises are overlapping.CanadaOct 8, 2022
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British Columbians report 2nd-worst access to health care in Canada: pollThirty-four per cent of British Columbians surveyed described "chronic difficulty" in accessing the services they need, compared to 37 per cent of Atlantic Canadians.HealthSep 7, 2022
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Canada’s health-care system is in ‘crisis.’ Are employers, leaders up for the task?With one in two nurses thinking of quitting their job, Canada’s health care system is currently in a crisis, Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses union says.HealthJul 10, 2022
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Hospital ‘nightmare’ in B.C. for Quebec patient denied surgery: fatherPatrick Bélanger says he was denied surgery for a week after he fell and broke his jaw and cheekbone and ended up in the emergency room of a hospital in B.C.CanadaJul 7, 2022
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COVID-19 health-care funding levels might not be maintained post pandemic: CIHIProvinces may run into challenges funding health-care systems post-COVID-19 after the pandemic has forced recorded spending, a new report indicates.HealthNov 4, 2021
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Ottawa should end health transfers, give provinces room to tax: researchersThe report suggests that ending the health and social transfers — while giving provinces more space to raise tax revenue of their own — could end the "tug of war."CanadaMay 20, 2021
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Nova Scotia celebrates research milestone for patients with Fabry diseaseNova Scotia is home to some of the world's first patients to receive an experimental gene therapy for treating Fabry disease and the newly-published study results are promising.HealthFeb 28, 2021
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Nova Scotia Liberal MPs decry NDP ‘political stunt’ after voting down bill on national pharmacareThe only Liberal member of Parliament from the Maritimes to support C-213 was Wayne Long, representing Saint John-Rothesay in New Brunswick.CanadaFeb 25, 2021
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