Ontario Health Care
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How one Ontario woman’s cancer diagnosis slipped through the cracks without a family doctorAs she battles stage three cancer, Kittana Ruels, 45, can’t help wondering if things would have done differently if she had a family doctor.HealthOct 5
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Cobourg insurance company pledges $250K to Northumberland Hills Hospital FoundationOn Tuesday, the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation announced the support from HTM Insurance Company for the $25-million 'Exceptional Community, Exceptional Care' campaign.CanadaOct 4
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Ontario boosts Land Ambulance Service Grant for Peterborough County-City ParamedicsFunding via the Land Ambulance Service Grant (LASG) will see the paramedic service receive $9,490,038 in funding for 2023 — an addition of $914,328 to $8.7 million in 2022.HealthSep 22
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Doug Ford told ministers to significantly reform health and education in 2018 mandate lettersThe ministers of the province's largest ministries were both given sweeping mandates to roll out significant -- and potentially controversial -- changes.PoliticsSep 13
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Ontario funds return of dedicated offload nursing program at Ross Memorial HospitalOn Monday, the City of Kawartha Lakes and Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay announced the province is providing up to $195,000 in one-time funding.HealthSep 11
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Ontario hospital sounds alarm as aging building faces population boomIssues with older hospital buildings in Ontario include a lack of accessible washrooms and private rooms, unreliable Wi-Fi, peeling paint and subpar infection control measures.HealthSep 7
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital unveils rendering of proposed Campus of CareThe Campus of Care proposal includes a redeveloped 50-bed hospital, a new 128 long-term care home, offices and more on a large plot of land on County Road 30 near Campbellford.HealthSep 6
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‘Huge wake-up call’: Quarter of Ontario hospitals are in poor condition, docs revealNew data obtained by Global News shows 26 per cent of Ontario's hospital buildings are in poor condition and five buildings need to be replaced entirely.HealthSep 6
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Ontario provides Cobourg hospital with $5.5M for more beds, base fundingThe province says a net-new base funding increase of $2.1 million will support 10 permanent new beds for 2023-2024 at Northumberland Hills Hospital.HealthAug 25
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Female medical specialists get fewer referrals, lower pay compared to men: studyResearch from the OMA has found male specialists get more referrals and higher billings, leading to a noticeable gender pay gap between male and female physicians.HealthAug 25
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