BC is making some changes to COVID-related restrictions in health care settings.
Provincial health officerDr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday that visitors to long-term care, assisted-living and other health-care facilities will no longer be required to provide proof of vaccination and results of a rapid antigen test.
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BC lifts mandatory universal mask-wearing in all health-care settings
In addition, Henry said the province is also removing the restriction of universal mask-wearing as a provincial order in health-care settings and facilities.
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“Based on risk assessments and workplace safety plans, staff and visitors will be required to wear masks…
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The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeals involving private health care. why?
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The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures against extra-billing and certain private insurance.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violated their constitutional rights due to long waits for care in BC’s publicly funded system.
They said it amounted to a breach of the patients’ life, liberty and security of the person under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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Bill 15: Quebec health-care reform plan draws backlash from stakeholders
Quebec’s sweeping new health-care plan—Bills 15—drew a mixed reaction following its announcement Wednesday.
Several health-care professionals say it’s a massive undertaking—especially for a health minister who initially said he didn’t want reform.
“Big reforms tend to have a very destabilizing effect, and we need a clear implementation plan. [We] can’t be told, ‘do this and figure it out,'” said Natalie Stake-Doucet, past president of the Quebec Nurses Association.
“It has to be clear how this is going to take place, how these changes are going to be made step by step.”
The bill aims to create Santé Québec, an agency…
Robert Libman: Language, health care and the art of deflecting
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Quebec’s online initiative could yield positive results if it focused more on the promotion of French and less on the threat of English.
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Robert Libman • Special to the Montreal Gazette
Published March 31, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 3 minute read
“The status quo is no longer an option,” Health Minister Christian Dubé said this week as he explained Bill 15, Quebec’s new legislation for health-care reform. Photo by Jacques Boissinot /The Canadian Press
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The Coalition Avenir Québec government was certainly not sitting idle this…
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Ford’s health-care risk cuts the lives of society’s most vulnerable
A 6-year-old child ends up in the emergency room with meningitis, following days of concern by her parents about her fever and rash. A pregnant woman avoids seeing a health provider until she goes into labour, all the while worrying that she is risking her life and that of her baby. A young man falls off a roof while doing repairs, but bears the pain and waits to seek care until his injured leg becomes infected.
You may be surprised to hear such things could happen in Ontario, in a country that prides itself on its universal health-care system. But…
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The life of a doctor isn’t easy these days. Many are saddled with massive student loan debt, work long hours and continue to deal with the trauma of treating patients during the pandemic.
Doctors, nurses and other front-line health-care workers bore the brunt of the pandemic. Many contracted covid-19, and some even had to intubate their colleagues. Others developed long covid, and some suffered such intense emotional pain that they died by suicide. Doctors who want to seek mental health support are fearful of retribution from state licensing boards.
National Doctors’ Day is celebrated every…