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Reducing Emergency Department (ED) Wait Times
Competition announced to reduce ED wait times April 16, 2025 Waterloo Regional Health Network KITCHENER, Ont. – Like many hospitals...
Waterloo Regional Health Network
2 days ago2 min read
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Health care's taking a backseat in this election. That's a missed opportunity, expert says
Health policy scholar Colleen Flood says Canadian voters should put party leaders’ 'feet to the fire' Jennifer Warren · CBC Radio ·...
Jennifer Warren
6 days ago1 min read
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Ontario’s Measles Outbreak Requires Much More Visible & Effective Public Health Response
Ontario Health Coalition, April 11, 2025 A stock photo shows measles symptoms, which typically appear seven to 21 days after exposure and...
Ontario Health Coalition
6 days ago2 min read
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Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
Some 'alternate-level-of-care' patients the government wants out of hospitals are bedbound with feeding tubes, gaping wounds and no...
Jack Hauen
Apr 132 min read
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Keep your blood money out of Ontario—why paid plasma donation is unethical
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana │ March 8, 2024 │ Editorials, Signed Editorials Image by: Joseph Mariathasan Despite its potential for...
Violetta Zeitlinger Fontana
Apr 91 min read
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‘It’s a golden ticket’: U.S. doctors explain the urge to come to Canada
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted April 4, 2025 4:00 am WATCH: As political tensions and health-care layoffs roil the United...
Katie Dangerfield
Apr 92 min read
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Seniors continue to ask how Pickering’s Orchard Villa gets to grow, despite harrowing COVID-19 outbreak
Group receives heavily redacted info Tuesday, February 11, 2025 By Kristen Calis Pickering News Advertiser The group Seniors for Social...
Kristen Calis
Feb 122 min read
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New CMA survey links lack of access to health care to growing health misinformation risks
January 22, 2025 A growing number of Canadians are encountering health misinformation, with significant consequences for their health,...
Hospital News
Jan 251 min read
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‘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, 20241 min read
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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...
Kenyon Wallace
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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Home-care patients say critical medical supplies have stopped arriving since Ontario government changed distribution system
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the government is working with Ontario Health atHome to resolve the “completely unacceptable”...
Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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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...
Kenyon Wallace
Oct 23, 20241 min read
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Canada’s pharmacare bill is now law. What this means for you
By Katie Dangerfield Global News Posted October 11, 2024 1:41 pm WATCH: Pharmacare bill covering diabetes, birth control medications...
Katie Dangerfield
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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Poilievre vows to scrap pharmacare if given the chance
Despite 63% of Conservative voters supporting pharmacare, poll finds Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has been a bit cagey...
Steven Staples
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Alberta town declares health crisis, must pay to keep clinic open as doctor roster dwindles
Hinton mulls paying $500,000 to keep remaining clinic open Lisa Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 04, 2024 8:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9...
Lisa Johnson
Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Your Ontario health care experiences: ‘Huge wait times. Poor quality care’
'Our government is not OK with that status quo,' says a spokesperson for the Health minister We asked you to share your health-care...
Jessica Smith Cross
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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She's living with a needle left in her spine, yet no one will tell her which doctor did it
Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons criticized for botching investigations into patient's complaints Rosa Marchitelli, Jenn Blair...
Rosa Marchitelli
Jun 14, 20241 min read
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OPE-ED: Need health care in Canada? Get a public relations team!
By Dom Lucyk- April 29, 2024 What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of the Canadian health care system? If you’ve...
Dom Lucyk
May 29, 20243 min read
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Stand Up for Public Healthcare!
If we don't, then who will? Did you vote for a US style privatized healthcare system ..NO! Then join our rally and reserve a seat on our...
Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 14, 20241 min read
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Bill 135 Will Cause Home Care Chaos
Privatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for Home Care Services ONA President Erin Ariss, RN, stood in solidarity...
Ontario Nurses' Association
May 12, 20241 min read
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