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News Item – Ontario long-term care ‘a system in crisis,’ workers say

Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk detailed Wednesday how the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care fell behind on its critical-incident and complaint inspections across the province, because of a doubling in the number of complaints between December 2013 and March 2015.…

News Item – Family gives $50M to Toronto East General Hospital

Michael Garron was born at the hospital in 1962. He died at age 13 after seven years of living with a rare soft tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma. Before his death, Myron and Berna Garron, Michael’s parents, promised him he…

News Item – Canadian patients are being empowered by digital health records

Technology is changing the relationship between patients and health professionals, says Dr. Kendall Ho, professor of emergency medicine and director of the eHealth Strategy Office at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine. “It’s up to us to embrace…

Press Release – State-of-the-Art Hospital Opening in Oakville, Ontario

The new Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital will open its doors on December 13, providing expanded health care services and an improved patient experience. The facility is triple the size of the existing Oakville hospital it will replace. Read full article…

News Item – AEDs Save Lives But AEDs in Hiding are Rendered Useless

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest. However even when the lifesaving devices are widely deployed, they are not always available when needed, according to a new study reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.…
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