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'Our health-care system is failing': More than 74,000 Canadians died waiting for health care since 2018
A new report also indicates more than 15,000 people in Canada died in 2023-24 while waiting for surgeries and diagnostic scans. Updated...

Chris Stoodley
Jan 19, 2025


Who will be the voice for those vulnerable seniors that suffered and died in Care Homes in dire circumstances during the Covid 19 pandemic?
The military was deployed to nursing homes in Ontario and Quebec to reinforce workers overwhelmed by the illness, unable to keep up with...

Joseph Amatruda
Jan 16, 2025


Millions lack care in Ontario. Nurse Practitioners can help
By Michelle Acorn, NP January 11, 2025 As Ontario faces unprecedented health care challenges, the most clear and present danger to...

Michelle Acorn
Jan 13, 2025


Ontario's family doctor shortage will 'get worse' without immediate intervention: experts
(File Photo) Jan. 8, 2025 6:16 a.m. EST As Ontario politicians scramble to come up with plans to address Ontario’s doctor shortage, the...

Codi Wilson
Jan 11, 2025


Patient dies in waiting room of Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre
Wait time at ER posted as 8.25 hours at 10 a.m. Tuesday Ian Froese · CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2025 1:08 PM EST | Last Updated: 7...

Ian Froese
Jan 7, 2025


Know Your Options: Getting the right care in the right place
Accessing treatment in setting other than emergency departments – when appropriate- can lessen wait times, Dr. Rafi Setrak writes. Posted...

Rafi Setrak
Jan 4, 2025


Ten Health Care Predictions for 2025
THE YEAR AHEAD 2025 The family doctor crisis will finally start to ease, while pharmacists take centre stage in patient care. The battle...

Maclean's
Dec 31, 2024


Parents say 'trust your gut' after infant sent home from hospital later diagnosed with meningitis
Baby has suffered seizures, strokes and is receiving care in London, family says Kathleen Saylors · CBC News · Posted: Dec 30, 2024...

Kathleen Saylors
Dec 31, 2024


The Crumbling State of Northern Ontario’s Healthcare: A Call to Action
Healthcare in Ontario is crumbling but it's even worse in Northern Ontario and residents can't afford to wait for change any longer Lisa...

Lisa Rene-de-Cotret
Dec 29, 2024


Holiday Message from Natalie Mehra
Dear all our members and supporters, As I sit down to write a holiday message to you that I hope has some meaning, I am thinking about a...

Natalie Mehra
Dec 29, 2024


Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Posted: December 20, 2024 At this webinar, Jane Meadus, lawyer and advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, and Natalie Mehra,...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 22, 2024


How The Grinch stole family medicine: A tale of Ontario’s health crisis
Dec 18, 2024 by Alykhan Abdulla It began, not with a whisper, but a groan that echoed across my clinic and the community I serve. Like a...

Alykhan Abdulla
Dec 22, 2024


Protesters shame Ontario government during pre-budget consultations
Healthcare top topic of concern for those protesting; voters urged to contact local MPPs and voice their displeasure Three local health...

Bob Ross
Dec 17, 2024


Protest as MPPs come to Stratford on pre-budget tour:
Local citizens angry at Ford government for underfunding, privatizing & destroying our public health care plan to make their voices heard...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 14, 2024


Patients wait 222 per cent longer than in 1993
Emergency physician Dr. Kashif Pirzada discusses an alarming report showing health-care wait times have reached an all time high in...

CTV National News
Dec 13, 2024


‘Patients at risk.’ Doctors raise alarm over new long-term-care role for nurse practitioners
Proposed change has been a “long-time coming,” says Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario CEO Doris Grinspun. “Let’s move on and do...

Kenyon Wallace
Dec 13, 2024


No Room at the Inn: Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?
Join our upcoming webinar "No Room at the Inn: Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?" as...

Ontario Health Coalition
Dec 9, 2024


When he got cancer, this Toronto man faced financial ruin. ‘Staggering’ costs for patients revealed in new study
A Canadian Cancer Society report gives the first comprehensive look at the economic impact, including lost income and out-of-pocket...

Janet Hurley
Dec 9, 2024


1 in 7 ER visits in Canada are for conditions that could have been managed in primary care: report
Even those with family doctor go to emergency department to get basic primary care CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2024 12:01 AM EST | Last...

Amina Zafar
Dec 9, 2024


2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds
1 out of every 5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns Julie Ireton , Valerie Ouellet · CBC News · Posted:...

Julie Ireton
Dec 2, 2024
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