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Senior physician warns of a crisis in one of BC’s busiest ERs

The most senior emergency physician at one of British Columbia’s busiest hospitals has come forward to warn the public about the ongoing crisis inside the emergency department, saying the situation has deteriorated to the point where some patients are waiting as many as three days to be admitted to other wards. Dr. Urbain Ip said the understaffing and overcrowding problems in the emergency room at Surrey Memorial Hospital have him and his colleagues regularly going home “worried sick” about their patients. “Right now, if my loved one got sick, I’m not sure if I would send [them] to my hospital…
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Alberta NDP raises concerns about lack of funding for rural health care

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 15, 2023 1:34 pm Updated May 15, 2023 7:45 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta’s NDP says the only hospital in a town south of Calgary faces potential closures in its emergency department because the United Conservative Party has not supported it. David Shepherd, an NDP candidate in Edmonton who’s the Opposition health critic, held a news conference in front of the hospital in High River, Alta., a town of more than 14,000 people about 65 kilometers south of Calgary. He pointed to a recent letter to the local…
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Local nurses share stories, perspective for National Nurses Week

May 14—Linda Busch has a plaque on the wall of her home. It says, “if you save one life, you’re a hero. If you save 100 lives, you’re a nurse.” Last week, health care workers celebrated National Nurses Week in honor of the millions of often-unsung heroes of health care. In recognition of that work, the Tribune interviewed several active and retired nurses from the Quad Cities to talk about their experiences, perspectives and wisdom they’ve gleaned from their years of work. Linda Bush Linda Busch, a nurse and instructor at Lewis-Clark State College, started her career in 1981. At…
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Health-care tower with new Pan Am clinic part of the radical makeover slated for Portage Place

A 15-storey health-care tower with a primary-care clinic, an after-hours walk-in clinic and a satellite facility for the Pan Am Clinic are part of a roughly $550-million plan to redevelop downtown Winnipeg’s Portage Place mall. True North Real Estate Development — which has an option to purchase the mall, the parkade below it and rights to build two new high-rise towers above it — is planning a radical makeover for the 36-year-old megaproject that would transform it into a downtown community campus. “We can drill down to the kinds of programming we think makes sense for this city and for…
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Ontario passes bill allowing private clinics to conduct more surgeries

The Ontario government has passed a bill allowing private clinics to conduct more OHIP-covered surgeries as advocates warn of potential legal action. Bill 60, also known as the Your Health Actwas passed by the Doug Ford government Monday at Queen’s Park and will go into effect once it receives Royal Assent. The legislation was first tabled in February by Health Minister Sylvia Jones, who argued it was necessary to reduce the province’s large surgical backlog. “People should not have to wait for months for diagnosis, and if necessary, surgeries,” Jones said on Feb. 21. Under the bill, both for-profit and…
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