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Chris Stoodley
4 days ago1 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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Rafi Setrak
Jan 41 min read
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...
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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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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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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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Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 11, 20241 min read
UNDER THE SKIN: How private clinics are embedding illegal user fees into our health care
Free webinar on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:00 pm via Zoom with Ontario Health Coalition executive director, Natalie Mehra Join our...
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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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Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Poorest Ontarians are less likely to access cataract surgeries
Aug. 26, 2024 As more cataract surgeries move to private clinics, more low-income Ontarians are being left behind, study finds Canadian...
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Patricia Spindel
Oct 20, 20241 min read
Crushing The People Who Care
Family and friend caregivers are the bedrock of Ontario’s caring system. They are also the least valued by the Ontario government. For...
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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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Mike Crawley
Aug 16, 20241 min read
Surgical waits vary a lot between Ontario hospitals: study
Authors urge province to better co-ordinate waitlists for non-urgent surgery Mike Crawley · CBC News · Posted: Aug 16, 2024 4:00 AM EDT A...
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Canadian Press
Aug 15, 20241 min read
Doug Ford's joke about sending overflow patients to vet draws ire
'This is Doug Ford's let them eat cake moment,' says Ontario Liberal health critic The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 14, 2024 4:29 PM EDT...
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Mohammed Adam
Aug 15, 20241 min read
Adam: Here's what the pay of an Ontario family doctor looks like
The Doctor Drain: Family physicians in this province aren't poor, but they're not exactly getting rich — particularly, given the...
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