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Local nurses share stories, perspective for National Nurses Week

May 14—Linda Busch has a plaque on the wall of her home. It says, “if you save one life, you’re a hero. If you save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.” Last week, health care workers celebrated National Nurses Week in honor of the millions of often-unsung heroes of health care. In recognition of that work, the Tribune interviewed several active and retired nurses from the Quad Cities to talk about their experiences, perspectives and wisdom they’ve gleaned from their years of work. Linda Bush Linda Busch, a nurse and instructor at Lewis-Clark State College, started her career in 1981. At…
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Health-care tower with new Pan Am clinic part of the radical makeover slated for Portage Place

A 15-storey health-care tower with a primary-care clinic, an after-hours walk-in clinic and a satellite facility for the Pan Am Clinic are part of a roughly $550-million plan to redevelop downtown Winnipeg’s Portage Place mall. True North Real Estate Development — which has an option to purchase the mall, the parkade below it and rights to build two new high-rise towers above it — is planning a radical makeover for the 36-year-old megaproject that would transform it into a downtown community campus. “We can drill down to the kinds of programming we think makes sense for this city and for…
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Downtown Winnipeg project to include health-care expansion

WINNIPEG – A private developer announced plans Friday to turn a struggling shopping center in downtown Winnipeg into a large complex of health-care services, affordable housing and public green spaces, with a small number of retail stores. True North Real Estate Development, the real estate arm of the company that owns the National Hockey League Winnipeg Jets, unveiled its designs as it continues to work to buy the Portage Place mall. The mall is currently owned by the Vancouver-based Peterson Group, while the surrounding area including a parkade has different owners. “I will, again, not make the claim that this…
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Gov. Reynolds signs bill intended to increase medical access in rural Iowa

Gov. Kim Reynolds signs House File 424 on Wednesday as state representative and hospital staff watch at the Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington, Iowa. The law will allow physician assistants to more easily address the health care needs of Iowa’s underserved communities. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Gov. Kim Reynolds smiles and claps with state legislators and hospital staff Wednesday after signing House File 424 at the Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington, Iowa. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) WASHINGTON, Iowa — Physician assistants in Iowa will no longer be required to be supervised and have a written agreement with a…
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Ontario passes bill allowing private clinics to conduct more surgeries

The Ontario government has passed a bill allowing private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries as advocates warn of potential legal action. Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Actwas passed by the Doug Ford government Monday at Queen’s Park and will go into effect once it receives Royal Assent. The legislation was first tabled in February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who argued it was necessary to reduce the province’s large surgical backlog. “People should not have to wait for months for diagnosis, and if necessary, surgeries,” Jones said on Feb. 21. Under the bill, both for-profit and…
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