Ontario Health
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Could prescription contraception be free in Ontario? Ford government signals willingnessOntario's minister of health has suggested she is open to an opposition proposal to amend provincial health insurance to cover contraception.HealthNov 23
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Ground broken for new long-term care homes in Madoc, BellevilleThe new long-term care home in Madoc will offer 128 new beds while the building in Belleville will feature 160 beds. Both facilities are being built as part of a campus of care.HealthNov 6
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2 public health units in Peterborough and area to explore voluntary mergerPeterborough Public Health and the Haliburton Kawartha PIne Ridge District Health Unit will explore the possible impacts a voluntary merger would have on their communities.HealthNov 2
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Ready for a booster? Ontario rolling out new flu and COVID-19 vaccinesOntario will begin rolling out new COVID-19 booster shots and annual flu vaccines as the respiratory illness season approaches and hospital brace for a busy winter.HealthOct 29
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Ontario family wins fight for treatment to stabilize child’s leg. They say it shouldn’t be this hardThe family of 10-year-old Grace Anstey is breathing a sigh of relief after a year and a half fighting for their daughter to get the treatment she needs.HealthOct 19
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Muskoka hospital says patient volumes surge to 150 per cent capacityPatient volumes at a pair of hospitals in central Ontario have surged to as high as 150 per cent of its capacity, the health-care network is warning.HealthOct 6
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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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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 to create $25M Black health hub in Peel RegionOntario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is spending $25 million to create a Black health and social services hub in Peel Region.CanadaSep 13
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