Health Care Shortage

• Respiratory therapists’ union calls on Manitoba to address shortage at hospitals

  The union says nearly half the positions Grace General Hospital are vacant, while 36 per cent are empty at St. Boniface General Hospital.

  Health

  Jan 20
  
• How one Ontario woman’s cancer diagnosis slipped through the cracks without a family doctor

  As she battles stage three cancer, Kittana Ruels, 45, can’t help wondering if things would have done differently if she had a family doctor.

  Health

  Oct 5, 2023
  
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• Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workers

  The site is to include up to 12 one-bedroom units along with six townhouses suitable for families, with rent to be based on income.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2023
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• Layoffs at Simcoe County hospital due to funding cuts spark concern for Ontario Nurses Assoc.

  Amid an ongoing health-care worker shortage, the Ontario Nurses Association worries 13 nurses being laid off at a Simcoe County hospital is just the start of a backward slide.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2023
• Regina mother waits nearly 20 hours in ER for bed after daughter had seizure

  Janna Pratt from Regina said even after a 20-hour wait in the ER, the quality of care her daughter received was not what she deserved. Doctors and nurses, she says, need more help.

  Health

  Nov 17, 2022
• Staff shortage forces temporary closure of another B.C. hospital ER

  Clearwater Mayor Merlin Blackwell said Sunday's closure was the latest in a string of closures that have been ongoing for months.

  Health

  May 29, 2022