abortion-rights activists gather in front of the US Supreme CourtChip Somodevilla/Getty Images
In the year since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world.
While there is no law in the US that regulates what a man can do with his body, the reproductive health of women is now more regulated than it has been in 50 years. And the scope of reproductive health care that women can receive is highly dependent on where they live.
This creates a system of inequalities and…
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Multi-million-dollar donation aims to transform mental health care in London, Ont. -London
The largest known donation of its kind in southwestern Ontario was announced Thursday with a goal to reshape mental health care access.
St. Joseph’s Health Care London announced Thursday that Ryan Finch had donated $5 million to fund research into new solutions to make it easier for patients to access mental health care.
“Every moment when someone is hurting is a moment to be supportive,” said Finch, president of Finch Auto Group.
Finch added that while he and his family have always made an effort to give back to the community, he felt the time was right to do something…
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US bishops to consider banning transgender care at all American Catholic hospitals
The US Catholic bishops will vote at their spring assembly this week on whether to amend their official directives for American Catholic health care institutions to mandate that Catholic facilities not provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender patients.
The vote, scheduled for one of the bishops’ two public sessions during their June 15-16 meeting in Orlando, Florida, could mark the beginning of a substantial change in the provision of health care in Catholic hospitals, clinics and facilities across the US
If, the measure would authorize the bishops’ doctrine committee to begin the process of revising the Religious and Ethical Directives…
ER staff say recruit more doctors, nurses or risk worse conditions
Resuscitating trauma patients on the floor of emergency rooms and examining sick people on stretchers instead of beds has become an increasingly tough reality for staff, says the head of a group that represents ER physicians across the country.
Dr. Michael Howlett of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) said overcrowding in emergency departments has worsened as patients who fear going to hospital during the pandemic are now sicker and many more people no longer have family doctors.
“Seeing patients in hallways, on floors for resuscitation, is a real crisis in health care in a first-world country,” said Howlett,…
Health care should remain top priority for premiers amid ER crunch: groups – National
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The Canadian Press
Posted June 5, 2023 6:51 am
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The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urgent premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July.
The provincial and territorial leaders met several times last year to compare notes on the health-care crisis and call on the federal government to give them more money to fix it.
In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a deal that would see Ottawa give $196 billion for the Canada Health…
As Sudan war rages, the country’s health system nears breaking point
LONDON — When electricity shortages closed the Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital where Dr. Mohamed Karrar worked, he packed a bag with any medical equipment and medicine he could carry.
“I posted on Twitter that I am an emergency doctor in Al Mamoura available at any time for anyone who needs me for free, along with my phone number,” Karrar said.
The doctor is one of many Sudanese medical professionals working in neighborhood primary health care centers amid the ongoing conflict in Sudan, where rival forces are battling for control of the country. Cease-fire talks that could end the bloody conflict…
More concerned, more letters from Alberta ER doctors saying health system in crisis
More doctors across Alberta are speaking out, saying their emergency rooms are under intense strain, despite political messaging to the contrary.
On Wednesday, nearly 200 Calgary physicians published an open letter describing “collapsing” ERs and calling for Albertans to think about health care when they vote in Monday’s provincial election.
And others are raising the alarm, too.
Similar letters have been penned by physicians in other cities, including Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge.
Dr. Warren Thirsk, an Edmonton ER physician, posted an open letter and petition this week, echoing concerns described by Calgary physicians.
“Each and every day, despite political…