Two former health ministers say that there is no single solution to building a more robust health-care system for the long haul, but it does include more investment from the federal government.Nurses close the curtains of a patient’s room in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey, B.C., in June 2021.…
The province’s health-care research institute, the INESSS, predicts the need for hospital beds will nearly double in the next two weeks and that will likely lead to more surgery delays, but already hospitals across Quebec are at capacity and cutting other services.Many Quebec hospitals are at their maximum alert level in places like the Eastern…
Alberta’s northern health zone, which encompasses regions where vaccination uptake is well below the provincial average, is operating at over 100 per cent of its intensive care capacity.Alberta’s North health zone has 15 intensive care spaces, located at hospitals in Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray. (hxdbzxy/Shutterstock)Alberta’s northern health zone, which encompasses regions where vaccination uptake…
The family of a patient resident at a Kitchener, Ont., hospital say its internet policy has left the 30-year-old without streaming services, so they’re paying an “unfair burden” of costs to give him services he needs as a lifeline. Grand River Hospital says it works to keep patients connected with loved ones.Heather and Malcolm Lister,…
General Hospital’s Kirsten Storms has revealed that she is ‘on the mend’ after having brain surgery. The actress is well known for playing Maxie Jones on the American drama series, a role she’s had since 2005. Kirsten, 37, shared an update with her Instagram followers, revealing that she had had surgery earlier this week. ‘So…
The Ontario government is issuing two emergency orders to maximize system capacity in the province’s hospitals in response to a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions, the Ministry of Health said Friday.Ontario hospitals will be able to transfer patients without consent, under certain conditions, under one of two emergency orders issued Friday in a…
New mums may be forced to undergo more stages of their pregnancies alone as hospitals scale back visiting rights in the wake of the worsening Covid crisis. Several hospitals have changed the rules on whether partners can visit maternity wards in recent days because of the surge in infections. University College London Hospitals Trust is…
Details from hospital pagers about potential COVID-19 patients leaked over radio waves. Troy Brown For the most up-to-date news and information about…
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