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Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman is calling on Health Minister Adrian Dix to pass legislation to prevent religious health organizations from opting out of providing MAID
Published July 11, 2023 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 5 minute read
Dr. Jyothi Jayaraman. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNGs
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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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Out-of-body experiences reveal brain areas tied to our sense of self : Shots
Scientists say they’ve found a special part of the brain that, when stimulated, can cause out-of-body experiences.
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Scientists say they’ve found a special part of the brain that, when stimulated, can cause out-of-body experiences.
Photo illustration: Heath Korvola/Getty Images
Dr. Josef Parvizi remembers meeting a man with epilepsy whose seizures were causing some very unusual symptoms.
“He came to my clinic and said, ‘My sense of self is changing,'” says Parvizi, a professor of neurology at Stanford University.
The man told Parvizi that he felt “like…
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(Note: Before anyone starts jumping on their keyboards to chastise me for posting this article, please note that these are my personal reasons for not eating mushrooms. I am not telling you that you cannot eat mushrooms. You are entitled to your personal preferences just as I am entitled to mine.
If you are offended by my personal decision concerning what I eat, then . .…
Unvaccinated healthcare workers hope to go back to work
Sandy Hartman is frustrated. She’s not allowed back to work at the London Health Sciences Center because she’s not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
“At this point in time, the policy is outdated, and I’m hoping we can see some changes,” said Hartman.
A staff nurse at LHSC for the past 12 years, Hartman, who is eight months pregnant, has been put on an unpaid leave of absence by the hospital because of her vaccination status.
She believes the softening of other COVID regulations recently, like mandatory masking and patient screening, means she should be allowed to return to work.
“We’re…
Calgary restaurant ordered to close due to cockroach infestation, obstructing health inspector – Calgary
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A southwest Calgary restaurant was ordered to close by Alberta Health Services after a health inspector allegedly found a serious cockroach infestation in the kitchen.
AHS said Abyssinia Restaurant, an Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant located in the Beltline, was issued a closure order after an inspection on Tuesday, June 13.
According to the inspector, there was an infestation of cockroaches at “various stages of life” in the kitchen, particularly the east interior wall. Pest monitoring records were not available for review, the report read.
The restaurant also allegedly had an accumulation of…
Canadian hospitals to remain in crisis ‘foreseeable future’: report
A new report from the Canadian Medical Association Journal painted a stark picture of what could be the future of the country’s emergency departments, as staffing shortages and patient surges put a strain on medical resources.
The report published Monday said the summer season will likely be a “precarious and exhausting month” for health-care workers in emergency departments, with impacts ranging from long wait-times to hospital closures.
In recent years, hospital resources have been especially strained due to waves of long-COVID cases, respiratory illnesses and an influenza epidemic. However, physicians say Canada’s health-care system has been in a crisis for…
Fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic clinics in Mexico kills four
A fungal meningitis outbreak linked to cosmetic procedures performed at clinics in Mexico has killed four patients from the US and infected over two dozen others. Nearly 200 in the US may have been exposed to the deadly illness at the medical clinics, as public health officials rush to identify and test those at risk.
Two clinics, River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, are associated with the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Patients who went to the clinics between Jan. 1 and May 13, 2023 were potentially infected during procedures such…
Vancouver urgent care clinic suspends some services over legal battle with health authorities
The day before Vancouver’s first urgent and primary care center opened in 2018, the provincial government held a news conference celebrating the facility as a step toward improving the quality of health-care in the city.
“We want people to get the care they need in their community,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said that Sunday.
Less than five years later, that relationship has soured.
The clinic is deep into a legal battle that it says has ultimately forced doctors to stop providing patients with ultrasounds, X-rays and other critical diagnostic tests, despite having the equipment to do so in-house.
“Unfortunately, when…