Ministry Of Health

• Haliburton, Minden hospitals receive additional $607,000 for infrastructure upgrades, repairs

  The funding is in addition to $722,000 provided by the Central East LHIN for 2020-21 for other upgrades at both hospitals.

  Feb 18
• Coronavirus: Vernon, B.C., retirement home unsure when COVID-19 vaccines are arriving

  A large retirement home in Vernon is looking for answers after staff say their requests for vaccine information has fallen on deaf ears.

  Canada

  Feb 12
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• Advocacy group sounding alarm on ‘extreme’ wait times for specialized mobility aids in Alberta

  Wheels of Change says Albertans with disabilities are waiting several months -- even a year -- for equipment that is essential to their mobility.

  Health

  Jan 21
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• ‘It’s unprecedented’: No cases of the flu detected in Saskatchewan this season

  Incidents of the flu are lower than expected in Saskatchewan, even though influenza vaccinations this season are slightly down from the previous year.

  Health

  Jan 15
• Saskatchewan’s health minister replaces eHealth’s board of directors

  Days after accepting a report into a privacy breach at eHealth, Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman announced a new board of directors.

  Canada

  Jan 12
• Saskatchewan eHealth ransomware attack called one of province’s largest privacy breaches

  Saskatchewan's Information and Privacy Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski is calling eHealth's 2019-20 ransomware attack one of the province's largest privacy breaches.

  Canada

  Jan 8
• Sarnia, Ont. awaiting COVID-19 vaccines, mayor frustrated by communication issues

  'The communication is not good. It's not good out of Queen's Park and it's not particularly good out of Ottawa, either,' said Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley.

  Health

  Jan 7
• Potential privacy breach of Saskatchewan health records in January 2020 malware attack

  A breach of personal health information potentially occurred on systems administered by eHealth for the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Ministry of Health.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2020
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• Oliver community shows health-care workers gratitude after third death at care home

  Interior Health says the gesture touched many of the staff at the care home.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2020
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• Regina friendship centre asks Sask. for permission to proceed with overdose prevention site

  The Regina friendship centre's executive director, Michael Parker, says it's something that's needed now, equating it to "stemming the bleeding."

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2020