The ongoing closures of the emergency room at the Nicola Valley Hospital in Merritt, BC, have local residents calling for help.
Many believe it’s just a matter of time before someone dies due to an ER closure.
A solution has presented itself, but Interior Health says it’s not up to their standards.
“We have these three mountain pass highways (and) the Coquihalla highway all merging into our town and I mean if that ER is closed, someone’s going to die. Someone will die here,” said community advocate Georgia Clement.
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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…
BC colon cancer survivor speaks out about life-altering diagnosis
A BC woman who survived stage-three colon cancer is sharing her story in hopes of raising awareness about a disease that will affect one in six British Columbians.
Jaylee Thomas was diagnosed almost 10 years ago, just before her 33rd birthday and while pregnant with her first child.
Thomas told Global News he didn’t notice any symptoms except some abdominal discomfort that he sent to the doctor.
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The terrifying diagnosis was just the start of a painful journey, with her doctor delivering more devastating news as she was prepared to start months of…
Saskatchewan health minister insists ‘we acted’ on COVID-19 advice
Saskatchewan health minister Paul Merriman is insisting he followed the advice of the province’s top doctor during COVID-19’s fourth wave, during which the government’s own notes showed Saskatchewan had, at times, the highest rates of new COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country .
A Global News investigation showed the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, warned the health minister, more than a month before the province began transferring COVID-19 ICU patients to Ontario, that Saskatchewan’s acute care system would collapse unless the provincial government implemented more restrictions.
That investigation also showed the government’s internal documents stated Saskatchewan’s…
COVID: How different variants affected Canadian children
A new study of more than 1,400 Canadian children who contracted COVID-19 found that fever and cough were associated more heavily with Omicron and Delta variants, but that serious outcomes like hospitalization and being moved to the intensive care unit remained even across all variants.
The fact that rates of hospitalization and being moved to the intensive care unit remained stable even with later variants could be a sign that when it comes to children, the virus is not getting milder, researchers said.
“Unlike in adults, it does not appear that children are being less severely affected by emerging variants,…
US Life Span Falling Behind Our Peer Countries
March 6, 2023 · 7:29 AM
From NPR:
The average life expectancy for Americans is shortened by over seven months [in 2021]according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That decrease follows an already big decline of 1.8 years in 2020. As a result, the expected life span of someone born in the US is now 76.4 years — the shortest it has been in nearly two decades.
But we still have the best healthcare system in the world, right? Not if you judge it by life expectancy. From Health System Tracker:
Life expectancy in the…
Palliative care doctor slams Providence Health’s forced transfers of MAID patients
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A palliative-care doctor says she quit her job at a Vancouver hospice after it was taken over by a Catholic health organization, Providence Health, which bans medically assisted death for seriously ill patients.
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Rosie O’Donnell shares updates on Madonna’s health
Rosie O’Donnell has shared an update on her longtime friend Madonna after the Queen of Pop was hospitalized due to a bacterial infection.
Last week, the pop icon was hospitalized after she was found to have a serious bacterial infection – leading to all of her upcoming ‘Celebration’ world tour dates to be cancelled. Madonna’s manager Guy Osears wrote in a statement that, despite staying several days in the ICU: “Her health is improving, however, she is still under medical care. A full recovery is expected.”
Later, TV multi-hyphenate Rosie O’Donnell shared an image of herself and Madonna whilst on…