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Ontario coroner to investigate death of man who suffered cardiac arrest while waiting in ER
A provincial coroner will be investigating the death of 68-year-old David Lippert, who suffered a cardiac arrest while waiting in a...

Avis Favaro
May 11, 2024


Man dies after suffering cardiac arrest while waiting in ER, widow wants investigation
“We offer our condolences to the family and encourage them to reach out directly to our Patient Relations team," said Brandon Douglas,...

Avis Favaro
Apr 30, 2024


Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition
Ontario Health Coalition plans a May 30 protest. 'We're very close. If people don't care about their health care it's going to happen and...

Stu Campaigne
Apr 30, 2024


Ford government wins battle to keep health-care staffing shortage figures secret
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted April 24, 2024 The Ford government has won a privacy battle to keep the extent of its...

Isaac Callan
Apr 24, 2024


Ontario budget pours $2B into home care, but critics say it ignores long ER wait times
But critics said it doesn't put enough new cash into the health-care system to shorten long emergency room wait times or help people find...

Rob Ferguson
Mar 27, 2024


Health care budget increase for 2024-25 is below the cost of inflation at 1.3
Ontario pledges almost $50 billion over 10 years for health care in 2024 budget. The province is also committing to build 58,000 new...

Barbara Patrocinio
Mar 27, 2024


Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 2024


Why is there still a wage gap concern for women in the Ontario health care sector? Ford's attack on women's wages
Public sector health unions in Ontario said the gender wage gap for women is getting worse New research suggests Conservative Premier...

Sudbury.com Staff
Mar 9, 2024


Kitchener, Ont. family meets with health minister after 19-hour wait for emergency surgery
A month after Ontario's health minister said she’d talk with the Kitchener family who waited 19 hours for an emergency appendectomy...

Spencer Turcotte
Mar 4, 2024


Ontario health-care workers 'at their wits end' over hospital staffing crisis: union
Hundreds held demonstration in Toronto calling on the province to act CBC News · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 7:41 PM EST | Last Updated:...

Desmond Brown
Feb 8, 2024


Hurry up and wait.
'This is not inevitable:' Offload delays continue to plague hospital Provincial NDP leader and the Waterloo Region Health Coalition met...

Matt Betts
Jan 20, 2024


Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?
OPINION: I can't remember the last time the system was functioning well. Who knows how bad it'll have to get before somebody does...

Matt Gurney
Jan 20, 2024


This newborn waited 5 hours for a doctor. Experts say Ontario's ER wait times have never been worse
Markham, Ont., man says 2-week-old son wasn't seen by triage nurse for an hour CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2024 5:00 AM EST | Last...

Patrick Swadden
Jan 8, 2024


Is Ontario Failing Hospital Staff? Union Demands Province Provide Support Amid Overwork Claims
TORONTO - Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario...

Jordan Omstead
Jan 3, 2024


Holiday wishes for our beleaguered health-care system
Health-care workers and experts share their wishes for Canada's health-care system this holiday season. Here’s what they had to say.

Maddi Dellplain
Dec 26, 2023


A collapsing health-care system is Ontario’s real ‘new normal’
OPINION: The biggest takeaway from the auditor general’s report? Our hospitals are in deep trouble TVO Today Dec. 7, 2023 There was a...

Matt Gurney
Dec 19, 2023


Family doctors are sick and tired. That's a big problem.
We don't want to find out what happens if family doctors start leaving the province — or the profession. TVO Today Dec 18 2023 Our...

Matt Gurney
Dec 19, 2023


Experts say Canada's health-care system isn't ready for an aging population – here's why
2023-12-18 from ctvnews.ca Sandy Marsh has been nursing a knee injury for eight months, suffering from a torn meniscus and Baker’s cyst....

Jennifer Ferreira
Dec 18, 2023


Saving Lives or Saving Money? The Battle Over Local Public Hospital Services
2023 Health Action Assembly & Annual Conference The Ford government is trying to close and diminish our local public hospital services....

Ontario Health Coalition
Dec 9, 2023


Are Ontario Hospitals Coping with the Crisis of ER Closures?
Number of Ontario hospital emergency closures soars to new record: Health Coalition demands Ford government finally take action December...

Ontario Health Coalition
Dec 5, 2023
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