Tag Archives: Health
New report shows astronomical increase of Sask. opioid deaths in first year of COVID pandemic
A new report shows that a crisis affecting thousands of Saskatchewan people got incredibly worse during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published a s...
Apr 22, 2024
'Misuse' of free parking passes attributed to cancellation: SHA
Just days after a Prince Albert cancer patient raised concerns with respect to the sudden cancellation of free parking passes at Victoria Hospital, the Saskatchewan Healthy Authority is sharing its re...
Apr 22, 2024
Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province. The 28 cases reported as...
Apr 22, 2024
First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without getting care, study says
First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than other patients - and anti-Indigenous racism is a significant reason why, a new study says. "The...
Apr 21, 2024
‘Dying for doctors’: Report cites concerns with health care in rural Saskatchewan
Suzanne Kuchinka, mayor of the village of Macoun in southeast Saskatchewan, says it's been a struggle for years to keep family doctors because they retire or move elsewhere.In Lloydminster, a city on ...
Apr 21, 2024
Mental Health forum coming to Saskatchewan Hospital
Mental Health Week takes place in early May and to help raise awareness, Saskatchewan Hospital Legacy Trail and Canadian Mental Health and the Saskatchewan Hospital have partnered up to present a free...
Apr 20, 2024
'I thought this is wrong': free parking pass offered to Prince Albert Cancer patients suddenly halted
Dennis Ogrodnick says he was shocked when informed a free parking pass provided to cancer patients seeking treatment at Victoria Hospital had suddenly been cut off.For the past 10 months, the long-tim...
Apr 19, 2024
Heathcare workers rally for better wages, retention
On a cold, blustery day, a group of healthcare workers came together outside the Battlefords Union Hospital with a message of alarm. "That challenge in terms of recruitment and retention...it has to d...
Apr 17, 2024
Health minister pitches dental-care changes to get dentists onside
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland announced tweaks to Ottawa's new dental-care plan Wednesday in a bid to get more dentists, hygienists and oral-health care providers to participate. Dental and hy...
Apr 17, 2024
'Heart breaks': Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
A new disability benefit that was supposed to be a historic move to lift people out of poverty turned out to be a disappointment in the federal budget, advocates say. "My heart breaks for people who a...
Apr 17, 2024