Report makes sorrowful acknowledgement — Toronto police have ‘in effect, become part of the mental healthcare system’
By the numbers, the report of former Supreme Court Judge Frank Iacobucci on how Toronto Police deal with mentally and emotionally disturbed people goes like this: 274 pages, 84 recommendations, and one great big long-in-the-coming, almost sorrowful acknowledgement of how the world is. Because of the chaotic patchwork that is Ontario’s mental health system and […]
U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in Canada
This U.S. legislation aims to prevent offshore tax evasion by U.S. persons. If you are a US citizen or Green Card holder working outside the USA, you need to click on the link and read this NOW! FATCA is coming into force on July 1. Here is a new article by RBC Wealth Management about FATCA in […]
Stateside: Doctors hold 9 of 10 highest paid jobs in America
Figures released by the Bureau of Labour statistics and published by Vox show the nine highest paid jobs in the U.S. in 2013 were in health care. The results have once again drawn attention to the controversial costs of American health care Anesthesiologists were paid the highest mean wage at $235,100 annually followed closely by […]
‘Panic Situation” Top Doctor Critical of Drug Shortage Information Sharing
Canada is facing a major drug shortage problem and authorities must do more to notify patients when supplies of the medications they rely on are dwindling, as well as investigate the causes of the shortages, says the president of the Canadian Medical Association. There are now more than 500 drugs listed on Health Canada’s drug […]
Foreign doctors welcome in Alberta
It’s pretty hard to sympathize with the College of Physicians and Surgeons over their concerns about the 145 foreign doctors who have been brought in to work in walk-in clinics in Calgary and Edmonton in the past two years. Anyone who has spent three, four and even five hours sitting in a walk-in clinic waiting […]
Are Quebec’s doctors really fleeing the public system?
Screaming headlines suggesting record numbers of family doctors are streaming for the exits of Quebec’s public health-care system guaranteed a packed house for a College of Physicians conference on the subject here on May 9. Quebec Health Minister Dr. Gaetan Barrette said doctors who do not improve productivity will “face consequences.” But it was the […]
USA Doctors Migrating North to Canada
With the prospect of greater pay, fewer bureaucratic headaches and the opportunity to provide better care for patients, the number of American doctors migrating north is rising, according to Canadian recruiters and Canadian Medical Association data. Susan Craig, president of the Toronto-based physician recruiter, Susan Craig Associates, said that Canada is becoming “increasingly attractive,” while […]
Alberta College concerned about number of IMGs at walk-in clinics.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta is concerned about the number of foreign-trained doctors coming to Alberta to work at walk-in clinics. The CPSA noted that 145 IMGs have been sponsored to work at clinics in the province over the past two years, most of which are in Edmonton and Calgary—even though there […]
Oil and Medicine: Alberta Doctors Gain Support
Joyce Edwards,Calgary, Alta., May 22, 2014 A new report says there may be a link between Peace River, Alberta residents’ symptoms and odours from heavy oil operations in the area. hen Mike Labrecque told his doctor that he believed his symptoms were linked to emissions from the oil wells around his house, the doctor promptly stopped treating […]
Informed discussion characterizes Regina end-of-life town hall
By Pat Rich May 9, 2014 We need to make well-funded, comprehensive palliative care services available to all and advance care directives need to be better crafted and promoted: These messages were delivered repeatedly at the most recent Canadian Medical Association (CMA) town hall meeting on end-of-life care held in Regina. As for the hot-button […]
