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Robbing from the public to build the private

Ashley Hyshka

Feb 21, 20241 min read

Robbing from the public to build the private

New OHC report sheds light on plight of Ontario hospitals A scathing new report from the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) is criticizing...

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Waterloo Region Record

Feb 18, 20241 min read

New MRI for St. Mary's hospital!

By Waterloo Region Record Friday, February 16, 2024 A new MRI is lifted into St. Mary's hospital in Kitchener on Friday. An exterior wall...

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Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait almost three years to eat solid foods again.

Zubina Ahmed

Feb 18, 20241 min read

Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait almost three years to eat solid foods again.

38-year-old is on waitlist for jaw joint replacement surgery in Ontario CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 "I can do pancakes, but I kind of...

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'Beyond crisis levels': Why Ontario doctors are fleeing family medicine

Megan Ogilvie

Feb 17, 20241 min read

'Beyond crisis levels': Why Ontario doctors are fleeing family medicine

The Ontario Medical Association is sounding the alarm about the increasing number of family physicians leaving practice. By Megan Ogilvie...

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One in four Ontario residents could be without a family doctor by 2026

Elizabeth Payne

Feb 15, 20241 min read

One in four Ontario residents could be without a family doctor by 2026

Many family doctors poised to leave practices if no action from government, says Ontario Medical Association. Published Feb 15, 2024 A...

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An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Isaac Callan

Feb 15, 20241 min read

An Ontario Town Was Promised Long-Term Care Beds by Doug Ford 6 Years Ago - It’s Still Waiting

Posted February 9, 2024 Eighty-five-year-old Dianna Ayotte says she doesn’t think she’ll still be around when Sioux Lookout, Ont., is...

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Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?

Christian Lopez

Feb 15, 20242 min read

Can Community Paramedicine Help Alleviate the Strain on Health-Care Systems?

Patients turn to emergency services because they cannot get care elsewhere. About one-fifth of Canada’s population is 65 years or older....

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Don Mitchell

Feb 14, 20241 min read

Nurse Practitioners not covered by OHIP

Ontario clinic’s direct billing highlights grey area around nurse practitioners By Don Mitchell Global News Posted February 13, 2024 A...

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Ontario health care: Could my family doctor 'de-roster' me if I go to a walk-in or use Maple?

Elianna Lev

Feb 12, 20241 min read

Ontario health care: Could my family doctor 'de-roster' me if I go to a walk-in or use Maple?

Some patients are worried that visiting a walk-in clinic or using virtual care services could impact ties to their family doctor Fri,...

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Joseph Amatruda

Feb 12, 20241 min read

On health care, Ford has failed

Waterloo Region Record Letters To The Editor Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Governments have duties, obligations and accountability to their...

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Ontario Nurses' Association

Feb 11, 20241 min read

Ensuring Accountability: The Ontario Nurses' Association Calls for Investment in Public Care

TORONTO, ON, February 9, 2024 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) welcomes the commitment of the federal government to provide...

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Cash for health care at new Kitchener clinic

Catherine Thompson

Feb 10, 20241 min read

Cash for health care at new Kitchener clinic

Charging for health care: Nurse practitioners bill for service at new Kitchener clinic Phlox Health on Manitou Drive offers many of the...

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Ontario health-care workers 'at their wits end' over hospital staffing crisis: union

Desmond Brown

Feb 8, 20241 min read

Ontario health-care workers 'at their wits end' over hospital staffing crisis: union

Hundreds held demonstration in Toronto calling on the province to act CBC News · Posted: Feb 06, 2024 7:41 PM EST | Last Updated:...

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Ontario Medical Association

Feb 4, 20241 min read

You deserve to see a doctor

We need to act now so people in Ontario can get care when they need it. OMA News release Jan. 29, 2024 Ontario’s doctors warn of...

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ICU Care Spikes To 17-Month High in Waterloo Region

Jeff Outhit

Jan 28, 20241 min read

ICU Care Spikes To 17-Month High in Waterloo Region

Two more seniors die of COVID-19 as ICU care spikes to 17-month high in Waterloo Region Ten hospital patients who need intensive care is...

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Doc closing practice over 'systemic' issues amid family medicine 'crisis'

Andrew Philips

Jan 26, 20241 min read

Doc closing practice over 'systemic' issues amid family medicine 'crisis'

'I remain disappointed at the lack of serious reforms to improve primary care, despite the government rhetoric,' says doctor of hurdles...

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Ontario's New For-Profit Healthcare System

Stewart Reynolds

Jan 22, 20242 min read

Ontario's New For-Profit Healthcare System

What could possibly go wrong? Plenty! This one-minute video explains it all. Weblink at the end of the article. Posted on X by...

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Overcrowding kills… and that’s what we are starting to see

David Baxter

Jan 22, 20241 min read

Overcrowding kills… and that’s what we are starting to see

~ Dr. Trevor Jain, Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians As Canada’s health systems strain, more private care would mark...

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Matt Betts

Jan 20, 20241 min read

Hurry up and wait.

'This is not inevitable:' Offload delays continue to plague hospital Provincial NDP leader and the Waterloo Region Health Coalition met...

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Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?

Matt Gurney

Jan 20, 20241 min read

Can you remember the last time health care wasn’t in crisis?

OPINION: I can't remember the last time the system was functioning well. Who knows how bad it'll have to get before somebody does...

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