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Saskatoon-developed app connects dialysis patients to experts and othersA new app developed by a USask professor and a Saskatoon-based software company allows dialysis patients to share their experiences and give feedback to experts.HealthJul 26, 2023
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Ontario health minister calls for patience in hospital ERs amid increased complaintsA new report by the ombudsman shows a 43 per cent increase in the volume of complaints from patients and their caregivers in 2021-22HealthMar 7, 2023
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Nova Scotia Health recruiting ‘Patient Family Advisors.’ But what is their role?One policy that advocates helped influence was to loosen Nova Scotia Health's visitor restrictions earlier in the pandemic, allowing patient's to have loved ones by their side.HealthSep 16, 2022
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Recent Manitoba nursing graduate frustrated after first-hand experience as rural patientA recent Manitoba nursing graduate has found herself on the the opposite end of her profession -- as a patient, and she calls the experience at nightmare.HealthSep 12, 2022
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital experiencing ‘unprecedented patient volumes’Last week, the 34-bed inpatient unit at Campbellford Memorial Hospital -- a rural hospital south-east of Peterborough -- was operating at 141 per cent capacity with 48 patients.HealthAug 18, 2022
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Person in medical distress after being pulled from Kalamalka LakeA large contingent of emergency crews responded to a popular North Okanagan beach Sunday night to aid a person in medical distress.CanadaAug 1, 2022
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Paramedics to deploy ‘pressure tactic’ protest against working conditions, union saysThe union of paramedics of Urgences-Santé, which covers the territories of Montreal and Laval, will apply pressure tactics on Monday to protest against working conditions.HealthJul 11, 2022
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Kingston Health Sciences takes imaging results to new appKHSC partners with PocketHealth, an app that centralizes and digitizes imaging scan results for patients.HealthMay 20, 2022
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Two men in their 20s among latest Manitoba COVID-19 deaths, ICU transfers out of province continueTwo of the three COVID-19-related deaths reported in Manitoba Saturday are men in their 20s from Winnipeg, while more patients are being sent to Ontario for critical care.HealthMay 29, 2021
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Edmonton-raised artist Tim Okamura creates portrait series honouring health-care workersTim Okamura is using his craft to honour health-care workers, after watching a hospital near his New York home become overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.FeaturesNov 16, 2020
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