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Emergency-medicine experts are sounding an alarm that people who visit hospital ERs often go home without understanding the medical instructions doctors give them. In an article in the January issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, which reviewed more than 50 previous studies, researchers recommended that doctors provide instructions verbally,…
Ontario residents are getting a first look at the contracts of hospital CEOs, revealing a wide range of benefits and retirement packages that include offers of luxury car leases, golf club memberships and even free plastic surgery. Hospital websites posted the contracts for some of the top earners in charge…
TORONTO – The doctor shortage of a few years ago is being resolved and Canada could be heading towards a glut of physicians, data in a new report on the supply of doctors suggest. The number of practising doctors in Canada is at an all-time high, with nearly 70,000 active…
Surgery wait times for elective medical treatments in Canada are on the rise according to a new report released Monday by the Fraser Institute. This year’s version of the right wing think-tank’s annual report, titled Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, notes the median surgical wait…
OTTAWA – A new report says Canadians believe the country’s health-care system needs to be fixed. The Canadian Medical Association report says people want to see the system transformed to deliver “timely, compassionate and efficient care.” The paper is based on the CMA’s National Dialogue on Health Care Transformation with…
It’s taking longer for patients with an urgent condition to see a doctor, a new survey suggests. The Canadian Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada released their findings on the opinions of doctors, medical residents and…
The Ontario Nurses Association has filed another complaint against Sault Area Hospital, charging that RNs in the emergency department are overworked. The professional responsibility complaint recently lodged includes concerns that emergency nurses were to start drawing blood as of Wednesday, a task that up to now had been done by…
Brenda on 5/15/2011 The Thames Valley School Board in London, ON requires a doctors note proving a child has Fifth’s Disease. We believe our 5 year old son has it and the walk in clinic was closed when we recieved word from our Vice Principal on Sunday afternoon we needed…
Helen Birsahn on 5/12/2011 My 8 yr old daughter went in for a follow up appointment for a broken shoulder. She had to start with an xray prior to the Doctor seeing her. When she came out of the xray, she said that the lady asked her if she was…
Corey on 5/6/2011 The last time I refilled a prescription I was told that I had one more refill. When I returned to pick up a refill I was asked if I had a prescription, because they no longer make refills. I was out of medication and my next doctors…
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