Health Care

• Expansion coming to Boundary Trails Health Centre

  A new building, new acute care inpatient beds and more space for patient care programs are part of an expansion coming to the Boundary Trails Health Centre in Winkler.

  Health

  9 hours
• Manitoba nurses officially ratify new deal

  Manitoba's nurses have ratified their new deal with the province.

  Health

  Oct 14
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• More than 2,100 health-care vacancies in N.S., fixing system a ‘massive job’

  "This is a massive job," says Kevin Orrell, the new recruitment office's CEO. "This takes years to unravel, to redesign and to plan for permanent improvement over the long-term."

  Health

  Oct 13
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• COVID-19: Has Alberta seen peak of 4th wave?

  Has Alberta hit its peak? An infectious disease specialist says there is a faint light at the end of the tunnel of the fourth wave of COVID-19.

  Health

  Oct 13
• Years of hours-long ER wait times ‘a profound failure of leadership’: Winnipeg MD

  While the pandemic has had a profound impact on Manitoba hospitals, recommendations were made years prior to COVID and Dr. Alecs Chochinov says it all comes down to accountability.

  Health

  Oct 7
• Paramedics to help relieve burden in Montérégie emergency rooms

  About 20 paramedics will lend a hand at some emergency rooms in the south shore including the Anna-Laberge hospital and the Suroît Hospital in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.

  Canada

  Oct 4
• Staff shortages lead to temporary closure of B.C. emergency department

  The closure is effective Sept. 29 until further notice. 

  Health

  Sep 30
• N.S. projects smaller 2021-22 budget deficit, even with $80M in new spending

  The deficit for the 2021-22 fiscal year has shrunk to $445 million from the forecast of $585 million presented in the March provincial budget.

  Economy

  Sep 29
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• ‘Burnt out and pushed beyond their limits’: nurses struggle to work and care for own families

  Nurses across the country say the fourth wave is pushing them to exhaustion and it's taking a toll on their families.

  Health

  Sep 28
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• Nova Scotia health-care workers share concerns with premier and health minister

  Across health care, staffing shortages have been a constant challenge, something that was highlighted especially by the pandemic, and it's not just doctors and nurses. 

  Health

  Sep 23