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Physician recruitment in full gear as northern Ontario faces shortage of 300 doctors
Communities across the province's northeast have continued recruitment efforts amid Ontario Medical Association reports that northern Ontario is short more…
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4 doctors not co-operating with investigations into COVID practices: Ontario medical regulator
Ontario's medical regulator says it is turning to the courts in an effort to compel four physicians to co-operate with…
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4 Alberta doctors launch lawsuit over mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy
Four Alberta doctors are suing the provincial health authority and its president over its mandatory workplace COVID-19 vaccination policy
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Ontario health officials urge doctors to see patients in person rather than virtually
The Ontario government is urging all doctors to care for patients in person rather than virtually, saying it's now safe given high COVID-19…
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Groups representing doctors, nurses call for mandatory vaccination of health-care workers
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) are jointly calling for COVID-19 vaccinations to be made…
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Doctors are conducting ‘dry runs’ to decide who gets access to critical care if it gets to that point
It's a scenario doctors never thought they would have to face and are still desperately trying to avoid
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Ontario doctors launch program to help patients connect with loved ones during pandemic
Dr. Simerpreet Sandhanwalia says one of the most gut-wrenching experiences as an emergency-room physician throughout the pandemic has been treating patients without…
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A doctor has to face the danger
How much can we ask from a doctor? They are humans and they also have family and love ones, but…
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Alberta doctors won’t rule out court challenge
Alberta doctors say they haven’t ruled out a court challenge to the government’s billing rule changes that physicians say could…
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Com a saúde não se brinca!
O SNS (Sistema Nacional de Saúde) foi criado em 1979 com a Lei n.º 56/79, de 15 de Setembro (”Lei…
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Number of doctors per capita in Canada reaches record high
The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a…
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New McMaster study could change how doctors treat heart attack survivors
A new study from McMaster University in Hamilton offers some advice for doctors poking around the heart to reopen a…
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National shortage of blood pressure drug shows safeguards are needed, doctors say
A national shortage of a popular drug used to treat high blood pressure is raising concerns among Canadian doctors about…
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The harm to hospitalized patients cost Ontarians more than $1B a year: study
When doctors and hospitals make mistakes, it harms patients. But they aren’t the only ones to pay a steep price.…
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Canadians ready for health-care to modernize, CMA poll suggests
Many Canadians want to connect virtually with their doctor in an Amazon-like experience, but the country’s health-care system first needs…
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Toronto plastic surgeon told to remove security cameras from consult rooms
The regulatory body for doctors in Ontario has made a formal allegation of professional misconduct against a Toronto plastic surgeon…
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Lawyers and doctors rally at Queen’s Park against provincial cut to legal aid
Lawyers and doctors gathered at Queen’s Park on Tuesday to protest against a provincial government funding cut to legal aid…
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Ontario Telemedicine Network lays off 44 staff
A non-profit agency that helps Ontario patients access health care through videoconferencing has laid off more than 15 per cent of its…
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