Eastern Manitoba ERs plagued by doctor shortages
Reprint of article BY JERED STUFFCO ON OCTOBER 10, 2014 FOR THE MEDICAL POST online A doctor shortage is crippling ER facilities in eastern Manitoba, forcing staff to scramble and send patients to other hospitals. created a lot of anxiety CBC reports here that “at least eight of the ten hospitals in the area don’t have enough doctors.” Ambulance drivers […]
Cdn Medical Assoc. outlines complexity of legalizing assisted dying
by Pat Rich 10/16/2014 News Body Expression of the many practical challenges involved in implementing a system of assisted dying that protects the vulnerable while allowing patient autonomy marked the Canadian Medical Association’s verbal submission to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this week. The Supreme Court met on Oct. 15 to hear the Carter […]
Doctors told to pay attention to those controversial rating websites
Written by JERED STUFFCO on September 23, 2014 for The Medical Post Don’t take it personally—that’s the message from the Canadian Medical Protective Association to doctors regarding physician ratings sites. get very upset with (online) criticismAmong their recommendations: Take the feedback as “objectively as possible,” the Leader-Post reported here. And the CMPA added: “Rather […]
Doctor-assisted death appropriate only after all other choices exhausted, CMA president says
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia NewsAugust 27, 2014 Doctor-hastened death would only be appropriate after all other reasonable choices have been exhausted, says the head of the country’s largest doctors’ group. Dr. Chris Simpson, newly installed president of the Canadian Medical Association, made the comments in advance of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada hearing expected […]
New Research Indicates Dogs Can Detect Breast Cancer
New research suggests that dogs could soon be used to detect breast cancer in an extremely effective and reliable manner. Animals working for Medical Detection Dogs in Buckinghamshire, UK, have already had a 93 percent rate of accuracy when it comes to sniffing 6,000 urine samples to detect prostate cancer. The results of this prostate […]
Gunfire exchanged between patient and doctor at Philadelphia hospital
An investigation is underway after a gunfight at a suburban Philadelphia hospital left one caseworker dead, a doctor with a bullet wound and a former patient in critical condition. Local law enforcement commended Dr. Silverman for his actions District Attorney Jack Whelan told reporters that caseworker Theresa Hunt accompanied patient Robert Plotts to psychiatrist Dr. […]
Physician-assisted death is going to become legal’: Canada’s right-to-die debate almost over, doctors say
It’s time to move beyond the drawn out “yes” or “no” arguments over doctor-assisted death and prepare for a future where sick patients would be granted the freedom to choose when and how they die, doctors who specialize in caring for the terminally ill argue in Canada’s leading medical journal. http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/07/physician-assisted-death-is-going-to-become-legal-canadas-right-to-die-debate-almost-over-doctors-say/
Prediction of Hospital Closures due to new LMO regulations!
Recently the Nova Scotia Commission on Building Our New Economy released its final report, “Now or Never”: An Urgent Call to Action for Nova Scotians, or what is now referred to as the “Ivany Report”. The report proposes a national project to address current economic and population challenges. Although focused on Nova Scotia, the report […]
More doctors without jobs as Canadians face long wait times
Published: February 17, 2014, 4:32 pm OTTAWA — More than 100 stakeholders in the medical profession are gathering in Ottawa this week to discuss a paradoxical issue affecting health care in Canada: a growing number of doctors without jobs. The National Summit on Physician Employment, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, was organized by the Royal […]
Opinion: Shoddy Canadian research is putting women’s lives at risk
Regular mammography screenings detect cancer, despite what flawed study reported… BY PAULA GORDON, SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 13, 2014 Regular screening mammograms find cancers earlier and save lives. For many women, this is conventional wisdom, as well it should be; every credible scientific study supports screening. All, that is, except one, a poorly designed, […]
