Tag Archives: Health
Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and his provincial counterparts agree privately on what needs to be done to improve health care, the federal minister said Wednesday, but he argues "the ball ...
Dec 14, 2022
Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID
OTTAWA - Canada's chief science adviser gave the government a road map on Wednesday to wade through some of the murky and mysterious elements of long-COVID in an effort to offer people better treatmen...
Dec 14, 2022
Quebec public health director expects more COVID cases, says avoid gatherings if sick
MONTREAL - Ahead of the first holiday season in two years with no restrictions on private gatherings, Quebec's public health director encouraged people to use common sense and avoid parties if they fe...
Dec 14, 2022
Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog
TORONTO - Three large television screens in the nerve centre of the operating room at Canada's largest pediatric hospital display a list of its surgical spaces, showing which ones have children underg...
Dec 14, 2022
Trudeau says he's not willing to kick health-care reform down the road any longer
OTTAWA - The federal and provincial governments appear deadlocked in their negotiations on the future of health care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest comments suggest he will not ...
Dec 13, 2022
Inside SickKids: An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
TORONTO - A baby screams in the distance as a security guard stands watch over the waiting room at the emergency department of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Parents cuddle their sick kids whil...
Dec 13, 2022
NDP leader threatens to pull out agreement with the Liberals over health care
OTTAWA - The New Democrats are ready to withdraw from their confidence-and-supply agreement they signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis, NDP Leader Ja...
Dec 12, 2022
Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital's ICU was saved from near collapse
TORONTO - It's 1:50 p.m. on a recent weekday at the intensive care unit of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children asa trio of women try to solve the latest problem. There are three children who need to ...
Dec 12, 2022
Critics question Quebec health-care worker suspensions for taking toast, doughnut
MONTREAL - Quebec's emergency rooms are overcrowded and workers are in short supply, but for the past week a spotlight has shone on the price paid by health-care staff for illicit snacking. There was ...
Dec 10, 2022
CDC says B.C. flu surge is stabilizing after six kids die, but surgeon is alarmed
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia pediatric cardiac surgeon is calling for more transparency and urgency from public officials after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth in the provi...
Dec 09, 2022