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Dr. Jose Pereira, scientific officer of Pallium Canada and director of research at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, told Global News health care workers don’t get enough training in the essentials of palliative care, leaving patients to wait…
Today, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and Madeleine Meilleur, Ontario’s Attorney General issued the following statement: “Beginning today, medical assistance in dying is permitted in Ontario as a result of a decision by the Supreme…
Ontario is reaching a major milestone in the construction of a new four-storey patient care building at Milton District Hospital, which is part of Halton Healthcare. Today’s topping-off ceremony means that the new Milton facility has reached its highest point…
Ontario’s Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at improving patient care which calls for some major changes to the $50-billion health-care system. The 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) set up by the Liberals will be given an expanded role…
Quebec hospitals keep emergency room patients waiting longer than anywhere else in the Western world, according to a report by the province’s independent health watchdog. In a scathing final briefing before his position is abolished by Quebec’s Health Minister, Health…
Fifty-three student startups have been accepted into the 2016 cohort of U of T Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Hatchery accelerator program, the highest number since the program began in 2012. Here are three Hatchery startups — both starting out and on their…
Competition #: 780971 Job Title: Junior Data Scientist – Centre for Healthcare Analytics Job Category: Research New Work Type: Full-Time Permanent Posted Date: 18/05/16 Closing date: 06/06/16 Salary Range: $33.59 – $41.98 per hour The Li Ka Shing Centre for…
Ontario has pledged to spend $222 million over three years to improve health care for First Nations, especially in the north where aboriginal leaders declared a state of emergency because of a growing number of suicides. The Liberal government also…
Sometimes, it can take weeks to get an appointment to see your family doctor. If you go to a walk-in clinic, waits can often stretch for hours. In a world where smartphones are changing how we bank, commute and communicate,…
Factors such as loneliness, depression and having broken a bone recently are more likely to predict a person’s risk of dying in the next five years, researchers at the University of Chicago found. “The healthiest people were obese and robust,”…
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