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Fourteen-hour wait at Vaughan hospital highlights staffing crisis in Ontario
By Brandon Choghri Posted April 7, 2025 10:30 pm. Â Healthcare workers say GTA hospitals are understaffed and over capacity, leading to...
Brandon Choghri
3 days ago2 min read
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‘If we close, people die’: Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty
Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep...
Allison Jones
4 days ago1 min read
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Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...
Boris Kralj
Apr 22 min read
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‘I can’t do this’: Nurse practitioner burnout may be Ontario’s next health-care crisis
By Prisha Dev, Global News Posted March 29, 2025 4:00 am 1 in 3 nurse practitioners report experiencing burnout. NP Circle Survey 2025....
Prisha Dev
Mar 311 min read
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The Unpleasant Truth About the Canadian Healthcare System
Why do we still contend with extra healthcare charges in Ontario? 2023-11-15 by Tod Maffin Video Transcript: I'm in bed right now...
Tod Maffin
Mar 311 min read
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To make health care better, we must hold on to our rage
We have perhaps gotten too used to hearing about health care underfunding and staffing issues. But we can't afford to stop talking about...
Lisa Machado
Mar 292 min read
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Federal Election 2025: Vote Health Care
Canada’s public health care system is our most cherished achievement, but Medicare is under threat. by the Canadian Health Coalition...
Canadian Health Coalition
Mar 282 min read
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Why healthcare should be the ballot box issue this election
Mar 24, 2025 by  Joss Reimer Healthy Debate Canadians have a lot to worry about right now. We read news stories daily about the lack of...
Joss Reimer
Mar 282 min read
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Private surgical contracts drive up costs and wait times as real public hospital funding declines
Mar 26, 2025  Parkland Institute Andrew Longhurst EDMONTON, AB – As allegations of political interference and price gouging in private...
Andrew Longhurst
Mar 282 min read
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Risky Business: Profitizing Home Care
Hosted by The Care Economy Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12 noon Eastern (to 1:30 pm) Hear experts from Canada and the US about the growing...
The Care Economy
Mar 261 min read
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Let's defend the public health system at all costs
Nazila Bettache, Doctor at the University of Montreal Hospital Centre Posted on March 16 PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES...
Nazila Bettache
Mar 232 min read
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Canada’s emergency departments are overwhelmed. Can patient redirection help?
By Stefan Dressen Published on March 14, 2025 Â Across Canada, emergency departments are facing an unprecedented surge in patient...
Stefan Dreesen
Mar 151 min read
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Cancer patient left on the hospital floor for hours
His family has lodged a complaint with Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman. It’s just one of thousands. The Patient Ombudsman’s 2023-24 annual...
Megan Ogilvie
Mar 132 min read
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Health Coalition shocked and disappointed with court rulings in Bill 7 Charter Challenge and Orchard Villa case; vows to continue the fight to protect the rights of the elderly
March 13, 2025 Toronto – In a press conference this morning, the Ontario Health Coalition responded to court rulings in two cases...
Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 131 min read
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Son says cancer patient was stuck in Hamilton hospital hallway for two days in ‘excruciating pain’
‘It’s like Grand Central Station and you’re stuck right in the middle of it’ March 7, 2025 By  Joanna Frketich, Reporter Glenn...
Joanna Frketich
Mar 92 min read
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How Doug Ford’s Policies Are Damaging Ontario’s Healthcare System
Ontario patients are suffering from hallway medicine, nursing shortages, chronic underfunding and more under Doug Ford by Rumneek Johal,...
Rumneek Johal
Feb 251 min read
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Doug Ford has failed to fix Ontario's ER hospital crisis
In 2018, Ford promised to end hallway health care. Not only has it worsened; it is now institutionalized. Dr. Raghu Venugopal and Dr....
Raghu Venugopal
Feb 232 min read
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She waited 40 hours in the ER, surrounded by sick patients. It was the most dangerous place she could be — and a worsening reality in Ontario
A long wait for a woman who was very vulnerable to infection was a stark example of the problems in Ontario’s emergency departments. By...
Megan Ogilvie
Feb 232 min read
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Did Doug Ford deliver on his promises to fix Ontario health care? From hospitals to long-term care and mental health, here’s what’s changed
With election day looming, the Star examined the government’s record in three key areas. Joy SpearChief-Morris Feb. 22, 2025 Cortellucci...
Joy SpearChief-Morris
Feb 232 min read
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Ontario provincial election will affect health care greatly: Choose wisely
Feb 19, 2025 by Sonika Kainth Dear fellow Ontarians, With a provincial election coming in a few days, there are a few things we should...
Sonika Kainth
Feb 222 min read
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