Ministry Of Health

• Clearwater ER closed overnight due to staffing

  The closure at the Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital was 'due to unforeseen limited staffing availability,' according to the health authority. 

  Health

  May 16
  
• How to protect yourself during tick season in Saskatchewan

  There were 15 blacklegged ticks out of 969 identified last year in Saskatchewan with none of them testing positive for Lyme disease.

  Health

  Apr 27
  
• Advertisement
• Illegible parking stall numbers cause problems at B.C. Women’s Hospital

  Some of the parking stall numbers at the popular hospital, which are required for inputting into the machine along with payment, are so weathered and worn that they are illegible.

  Canada

  Apr 7
• Advertisement
• Ontario to spend $17.1M to expand services at UHN, plan to create beam therapy facility

  The Ministry of Health said the government will spend up to $5 million to plan for the country's 'first-ever hospital-based proton beam therapy facility.'

  Canada

  Apr 1
• Ontario extends free rapid COVID-19 tests for public into the summer

  Free tests were originally offered through grocery stores and pharmacies for eight week beginning on Feb. 9.

  Health

  Mar 30
• Ontario physicians ratify new agreement with province

  Ontario physicians have ratified a new contract with the province.

  Health

  Mar 28
• Queen’s University professor fighting to get father with dementia OHIP exemption

  Reena Kukreja said she is lobbying the Ministry of Health to give her father a compassionate exemption for an OHIP number so he can live out his remaining months in dignity.

  Health

  Mar 26
• Ontario cardiologists opposed to agreement that excludes some phone services

  A group representing Ontario cardiologists is urging members to vote against a new agreement with the government because it would not allow them to bill for some phone services.

  Canada

  Mar 22
• Advertisement
• Ontario COVID numbers: 722 people in hospital, 232 in ICUs

  According to the latest data, 20 more deaths were recorded on Saturday, bringing the provincial death toll to 12,247.

  Health

  Mar 12
• Advertisement
• Families of B.C. children awaiting antigen tests to get them soon

  'It is recommended that any remaining distribution of Rapid Antigen Tests for Grades K-7 be direct to parent/guardians,' a Ministry of Health representative said in an email. 

  Health

  Mar 1