Members of a union that represents about 7,000 rural paramedics and emergency dispatch, respiratory therapists, lab and diagnostic technologists, and other allied health professionals in Manitoba have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike mandate.
The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals, whose membership also includes social workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists and dietitians, among workers in many other professions, says its members voted 99 per cent in favor of adopting a strike mandate.
The union’s bargaining committee called for a strike vote in March, after more than a year of negotiating for a new collective agreement, according to a Friday news…
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4 Tips to Lose Weight without Feeling Hungry
Are you trying to lose a few pounds? Do you find yourself hungry all the time?
Just because you’re trying to lose weight, doesn’t mean you have to deal with a grumbling stomach. Here are some easy tricks to make you feel fuller longer.
Tip 1. Eat more whole grains
While refined grains, like white flour, white pasta, and white rice will cause you to feel hungry just a short time later; whole grains, like brown rice, oats, millet, and teff will leave you feeling much satisfied longer.
When eating pasta, be sure to choose whole-grain pasta, such as brown…
Montreal public health monitoring of flesh-eating disease cases in Terrebonne
Doctors in Terrebonne are concerned about a cluster of cases of flesh-eating disease after four people have been admitted to hospital over the past 10 days and one of them died.
Public health issued an alert to health-care workers in the province to be on the lookout and to investigate cases where the patient presents symptoms that could be flesh-eating disease.
Four recent cases of necrotizing fasciitis at Le Gardeur Hospital in Terrebonne, a northern suburb of Montreal, were not linked, meaning the patients weren’t in contact with each other.
The protocol for the immediate family is to be treated…
Healthcare protest on overpass Thursday
The majority of public hospital operating rooms are only open from 9 am to 4 pm, and closed on weekends
The North Bay and District Health Coalition wants the government to scrap Bill 60 Your Health Act, 2023, and will hold a protest on the West Ferris overpass Thursday.
The act will privatize surgeries and diagnostics and will expand private hospitals and clinics.
“The North Bay and District Health Coalition is having a rally to bring awareness to the people of Nipissing about the Bill 60 to ask Minister Fedeli to stop the madness and scrap of Bill 60 now…
Lorain County homeowners invited to informational sessions about home sewage treatment systems – Morning Journal
This spring, Lorain County Public Health will host informational sessions for homeowners to learn about the operation and maintenance program for home sewage treatment systems, according to a news release.
At these informational sessions, Lorain County Public Health will share when the program will begin, and what homeowners need to know, the release said.
As the Operations and Maintenance program begins, Lorain County Public Health encourages homeowners with a system to attend one informational session.
Sessions will run from 6-8 pm with the following date options:
• April 12 at Open Door Christian Schools, 8287 W. Ridge Road in Elyria…
Doctor denied position at Merritt, BC emergency room
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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Another ER closure at Nicola Valley Hospital
The closures…
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…
Indigenous mobile health service launched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
A new primary care program launched in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside aims to deliver health care to women in a culturally appropriate manner.
The Women’s Mobile Primary Care Program’s new mobile health unit van teams doctors, nurses and social workers with Indigenous knowledge keepers, elders, and healers to provide care from an Indigenous perspective.
A Wednesday press conference to announce the launch of the new mobile unit started with a traditional blessing where cedar leaves were washed onto the van.
The unit offers women-specific services from pap smears to IUD insertions and removals, sexual health testing, and birth control.
Rosemary Stager-Wallace…