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LETTER: How does cutting optometrist care improve seniors health?

Newmarket senior who requires frequent visits to an optometrist for ingrown eyelashes is concerned about out-of-pocket costs with the new deal Newmarket Today welcomes letters to the editor at [email protected]. Please include your daytime phone number and address (for verification of authorship, not publication). Re: Government, optometrists see eye to eye on a new dealMarch 26, 2023. I am one of many patients who require frequent visits to an optometrist. My condition is ingrown eyelashes. The ingrown lashes are removed by the optometrist, using the slit lamp and plucking with tweezers monthly. If these hairs are not removed, eye…
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Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

2019 was a spectacular year for Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. at the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards. As well as being Highly Commended in the Health & Safety Team of the Year, they also achieved a RoSPA Gold Achievement Award. Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. first entered the RoSPA Awards back in 2017, winning a Silver RoSPA Award. Since then, they’ve continued to enter, pushing themselves to win a Gold Award in 2018 and then again in 2019. We spoke to Kieran Doona, Health and Safety Manager at Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd. to find out more about their…
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Northern Health suing ship owner for medical expenses

Northern Health is suing a ship owner alleged to have reneged on bills for medical expenses. According to a notice of claim filed March 24 in BC Supreme Court, a member of the crew aboard the Morning Cloud needed emergency medical care while the bulk cargo carrier had berthed at the Port of Prince Rupert in January 2021. The crew member was in hospital for eight days, most of the time spent at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace. The cost of the care amounted to $45,489 and because the patient was a foreign citizen, he did not qualify for coverage…
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to honor first BSN graduates with lamp lighting ceremony

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing is set to honor its first class Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates with a lamp lighting ceremony from 6 pm to 7 pm on Thursday at the TTUHC Jerry Hodge Harrington Auditorium School of Pharmacy. Officials with TTUHSC detailed that the lighting ceremony, located at 1300 S Coulter, will reflect Florence Nightingale, who was known as “The Lady With the Lamp” and the founder of modern nursing. ‘Super Isla’ gets a surprise room makeover as she fights cancer Nightingale is “considered the mother and pioneer of…
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We’re off to Chennai – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Only a few months into the year, 2020 is already proving to be more exciting than ever. This March, RoSPA will be launching our first ever Awards Excellence Forum in India. taking place on Tuesday, March 24at Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Campus in Chennai, India. This free event is a phenomenal example of just how far the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards scheme has reached across the globe. Hosting this international event is International Awards Ambassador Stephen Storey. With over 27 years of experience in the health and safety industry, combined with his rich RoSPA Award winning history, Stephen will…
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Indigenous mobile health service launched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

A new primary care program launched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside aims to deliver health care to women in a culturally appropriate manner. The Women’s Mobile Primary Care Program’s new mobile health unit van teams doctors, nurses and social workers with Indigenous knowledge keepers, elders, and healers to provide care from an Indigenous perspective. A Wednesday press conference to announce the launch of the new mobile unit started with a traditional blessing where cedar leaves were washed onto the van. The unit offers women-specific services from pap smears to IUD insertions and removals, sexual health testing, and birth control. Rosemary Stager-Wallace…
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Staying safe on the road in a gig economy – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

If you’ve ever driven a car or ridden a motorcycle on a short-term contract, chances are you’ve participated in the gig economy. In fact, millions of adults in the UK are now participants in the system as drivers and riders, whether they’re aware of it or not. But how can you and other road users stay safe? What is the gig economy? The term ‘gig economy’ is used to describe the 1.1 million people in the UK who work in a free market system in which temporary positions are common places. The gig economy is made up of three main…
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Kettering Health hires firm to look into misconduct allegations

The anonymous complaints accuse Manchur of expensing trips and using hospital network funds to remodel his home, and involve Weigley’s automobile expenses, among other things. Manchur and Weigley were not able to be reached for comment. Complaints to the AG’s office also referenced additional Kettering Health executives. A complainant who identified as an employee alleged Manchur had “the CFO hide true finances at board meetings, not allowing true financials to be shown.” The current interim president of Kettering Health is Michael Mewhirter, who was formerly a CFO for Kettering Health, but he was not referenced by name in the complaints.…