The Saskatchewan Health Authority is excited to announce its new online booking system.
The booking system makes appointments at FH Wigmore Hospital, Crescent View Clinic, and Alliance Health Centre.
Lenore Howey, Executive Director of Laboratory Medicine for SHA, says the system is convenient and easy to navigate.
“We have added this platform to the vaccine booking system. It’s the same system that patients have navigated in the past,” Howey explained. “If you are unsure how to navigate it, it’s really easy to ask a friend or a family member to help and assist on the first use.
The main reason…
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How Are States Spending Money From the Opioid Settlements? It’s Not Easy to Know
Opioid painkillers have left millions of Americans addicted or dead over the past three decades. Now, state and local governments are receiving more than $50 billion in settlement funds from the companies accused of aggressively promoting those medications. Many people see the money, which will be distributed over the next 15 years, as an opportunity to transform the country’s addiction treatment landscape.
But many states aren’t being transparent about where dollars are going, and others are facing contentious battles over what should be funded. Although most of the settlements require states to spend the bulk of the money on addiction…
Northern Health has more hospital deaths after major surgery
Dawson Creek & District Hospital has the highest rate of hospital deaths after major surgery in Northern Health at 5.3 per cent, while the University Hospital of Northern BC located in Prince George has a rate of 3.6 per cent.
Northern Health had 58.8 per cent more hospital deaths following major surgery in 2021-22 than the provincial average and 49 per cent more than the rest of Canada, according to a report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
Dawson Creek & District Hospital has the highest rate of hospital deaths after major surgery in Northern Health at 5.3…
COVID could increase the risk of developing diabetes by up to 22%, Canadian study shows – National
COVID-19 may increase a person’s risk of developing diabetes, a recent Canadian study found, but experts are still not sure exactly why this is.
The University of British Columbia study, published in JAMA on Tuesday, it was found that three to five per cent of diabetes cases were related to COVID-19 infection.
“From that point of view, these numbers are substantial,” Dr. Naveed Janjua, the study’s lead author, told Global News.
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‘A step too far’: Alberta woman raises concern over newly-privatized lab tests
It was a routine test Sheryl Parkin had received in Alberta many times before.
“I was here for lab work and an EKG,” she said, referring to an electrocardiogram test, in which sensors (electrodes) are attached to the chest and limbs to help detect heart-related conditions.
People have to remove their clothes from the waist-up for the procedure, and are usually given a hospital gown.
But during a recent visit to a Calgary lab, Parkin was faced with what she described as an ‘uncomfortable’ new procedure.
“The lab tech told me they were no longer offering paper gowns for patients…