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…
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How does Santa stay safe at Christmas? – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
Delivering millions of gifts around the world is a complex and difficult task, even for Santa. Considering for a moment the impossibly short time he has to deliver these presents, coupled with the fact he has eight flying reindeers to manage along the way, it’s also a journey filled with many health and safety issues.
So what does Santa need to do to make sure he’s safe and that we all have a Merry Christmas? To answer that question we’ve compiled a list of 10 festive health and safety training solutions which those from the southern hemisphere might want to…
The Blue Monday Myth – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
‘Blue Monday’ may not be supported by hard evidence, but depression and other mental health issues are a real concern in the workplace.
Before 2005 no-one talked about Blue Monday.
The reason for this is because the idea that the third Monday in the month of January, later dubbed ‘Blue Monday’, was invented in a press release 15 years ago. The method used to develop the concept has since come under a lot of scrutiny, but despite this, a lot of people do suffer with their mental health during the winter.
According to research conducted by pollster YouGov, as many…
Make your health and safety top priority in 2020 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
Warren Buffett, who was recently named as the fourth wealthiest individual in the world, once said:
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
This is good advice that can be applied to many aspects of life, but it’s especially true when it comes to health and safety.
When an accident occurs there are of course measurable outlays: damage to equipment, loss of revenue and sick days caused by injuries. There are also intangible costs such as damage to reputation and/or loss of trust in…
Spotlight on RoSPA’s First International Awards Ambassador – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog
In 2018, RoSPA developed the RoSPA Awards Ambassador scheme, aiming to create a network of individuals who champion RoSPA’s objective to drive up health and safety standards via the RoSPA’s International Health and Safety Awards. With more than 27-years of experience in OS&H management, and over half of those spent working overseas, Stephen Storey, who is based in India, was well placed to be RoSPA’s first international awards ambassador. We catch up with him to see what this means for him.
Stephen Story has spent fifteen years working overseas in OS&H management in the Middle East and Asia. He is…
LETTER: How does cutting optometrist care improve seniors health?
Newmarket senior who requires frequent visits to an optometrist for ingrown eyelashes is concerned about out-of-pocket costs with the new deal
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Re: Government, optometrists see eye to eye on a new dealMarch 26, 2023.
I am one of many patients who require frequent visits to an optometrist. My condition is ingrown eyelashes.
The ingrown lashes are removed by the optometrist, using the slit lamp and plucking with tweezers monthly. If these hairs are not removed, eye…
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center to honor first BSN graduates with lamp lighting ceremony
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing is set to honor its first class Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates with a lamp lighting ceremony from 6 pm to 7 pm on Thursday at the TTUHC Jerry Hodge Harrington Auditorium School of Pharmacy.
Officials with TTUHSC detailed that the lighting ceremony, located at 1300 S Coulter, will reflect Florence Nightingale, who was known as “The Lady With the Lamp” and the founder of modern nursing.
‘Super Isla’ gets a surprise room makeover as she fights cancer
Nightingale is “considered the mother and pioneer of…
A day in the life of a family doctor
It’s just after six o’clock on a frigid Ottawa morning.
The sun won’t rise for another hour, but Dr. Alykhan Abdulla is already racing against the clock.
He’s been studying his patient’s charts throughout the weekend, preparing for some very long days at his small family practice in Manotick in the city’s south end.
“I’m contemplating all the things where I’m going to potentially have problems with. And that always makes me feel a little worried and anxious,” said Abdulla.
He worries he might miss something that could have grave health consequences. That fear has changed the way he feels…