Health care services

• NDP would ‘encourage’ provinces to improve delivery of health care, Singh says

  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he'd use the billions of dollars the federal government transfers to provinces for health care as leverage to push for better local services.

  Politics

  Oct 17, 2019
• Should you know if trainees are involved in your surgery?

  A commentary in a prominent medical journal says patients ought to be told when doctors-in-training are going to play an active role in their surgeries.

  Health

  Jun 26, 2015
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• Albertans wait longer than national average for cancer surgery: report

  New numbers from the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Alberta Health Services has found Albertans are waiting longer than the national average for five types of cancer surgery.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2015
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• Here’s how long Canadians are waiting for surgery across the country

  While there were more surgeries performed in Canada between 2010 and 2014, wait times haven’t budged, according to a new report.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2015
• Exercising critically ill patients may help speed recovery

  The intensive care unit is a last frontier for physical therapy: It's hard to exercise patients hooked to ventilators so they can breathe.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2015
• Universal drug plan? Docs say it would save money, help Canadians

  Canadians celebrate their universal health care, but why doesn’t the country have its own universal drug plan? While it sounds expensive, new research suggests that the idea is feasible.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2015
• Canadian task force issues new guidelines on treating adult obesity

  The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care issued new guidelines to help frontline health care workers prevent and manage adult obesity.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2015
• Nasty flu season strikes as H3N2 cases spike across Canada

  The flu season arrived just in time for the New Year: across the country, hospitals are bracing for patients sick with H3N2.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2014
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• China punishes hospital officials after public outrage over operating room photos

  Chinese health authorities put a hospital president on probation and fired three others following public outrage over photos posted online of smiling medical staff posing with patients in the middle of surgery.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2014
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• New medical pot regime sees quick growth, but beset by complaints

  Ottawa implemented new rules prohibiting patients from growing their own pot and instead restricting production and sale to a new collection of operations.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2014