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John Milloy
Jan 252 min read
The election should be about transforming health care, not Trump
Wouldn’t it be refreshing if opposition politicians started admitting they don’t have all the answers to the health-care crisis? Jan. 25,...
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Ontario Health Coalition
Jan 241 min read
Situation Critical
Don’t believe what Ford says - look at what they’ve done For more than a hundred years, Ontarians have donated, paid our taxes,...
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Chris Stoodley
Jan 191 min read
'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...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 22, 20241 min read
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,...
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Alykhan Abdulla
Dec 22, 20241 min read
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...
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Bob Ross
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Dec 14, 20242 min read
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...
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Janet Hurley
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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...
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Amina Zafar
Dec 9, 20241 min read
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...
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Julie Ireton
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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:...
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Kenyon Wallace
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say
Nov. 11, 2024 Ontario Health atHome says it is doing everything it can to address the situation and “continuing to look for opportunities...
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Alan Drummond
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Patients, not politicians, decide what is an emergency
Nov 6, 2024 by Alan Drummond , Raghu Venugopal Ontario Premier Doug Ford made reckless statements on Oct. 25 that we as emergency...
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Liam Casey
Nov 3, 20241 min read
Ontario lacks a health-care plan for alcohol harms as sales expand: health coalition
Ontario could see up to a 40% rise in alcohol-attributable hospitalizations, health coalition says Premier Doug Ford's government has no...
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Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Workers at one of Toronto’s largest nursing homes speak out on ‘chronic’ staffing shortages and ‘toxic’ work environments
The City of Toronto says it “does not tolerate discrimination or harassment” at any of its long-term-care homes. Oct. 22, 2024 Workers...
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Marilynn Larkin
Oct 8, 20241 min read
Nursing Agencies Costly to Canada's Public Healthcare System
Medscape Medical News Marilynn Larkin October 07, 2024 Private nursing agencies are for-profit staffing companies that provide what are...
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Adrianna Schamp
Sep 30, 20241 min read
Doctors want to practice medicine. Instead, we are buried in paperwork
By Dr. Adrianna Schamp, Contributor Dr. Adrianna Schamp (Malicki) grew up in Mississauga, studied in Toronto, and now practices family...
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CTV National News
Sep 25, 20241 min read
Public health-care facilities projected to spend $1.5B on private nursing agencies in previous year: report
Private nursing agencies could cost Canadian health-care facilities approximately $1.5 billion in 2023-24, according to a new report...
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Allison Jones
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Arbitrator awards Ontario doctors 10% increase in 1st year of new deal
Story by Allison Jones, The Canadian Press TORONTO — An arbitrator has awarded Ontario's doctors a nearly 10-per-cent compensation...
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Ontario Health Coalition
Sep 9, 20242 min read
For-profit privatization is a threat to Public Medicare for all of us
BRIEFING NOTE: The Ford Government’s Plan to Privatize Ontario’s Public Hospital Services Posted: September 3, 2024 THE LATEST On...
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Krista Simpson
Jun 28, 20241 min read
Cataract surgery wait times down in Waterloo Region thanks to local partnership
Published June 26, 2024 10:11 p.m. EDT Wait times for cataract surgeries in Waterloo Region are down, as more publicly-funded surgeries...
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