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Croque Monsieur Protein Bread Pudding

Violin08/04/2023 52 Views

Easter is coming! I love Easter brunch and the past few years it always includes a recipe using my protein sparing bread! This year I am making my protein sparing bread Croque Monsieur Bread Pudding!

Croque Monsieur bread pudding is filled with ham, Gruyere cheese, onions, garlic and thyme.

My son Kai did not want to be the taste tester for this but once he took a bite, he quickly asked for a large piece!

HOW TO MAKE PROTEIN SPARING BREAD CROQUE MONSIEUR BREAD PUDDING

To make my protein bread for Croque Monsieur Bread Pudding, I used Further Food Gelatin!

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Health Care

Lack of family doctors leads to pain, frustration for patients in Steinbach area

Violin04/04/2023 83 Views

Samantha Farrell says the emergency department in Steinbach has effectively become her doctor’s office.

Without a family doctor or the means to travel to Winnipeg, she only gets medical care when she cannot wait any longer.

Since losing her family doctor in 2020, Farrell has gone to the ER in the southeastern Manitoba city three times to cope with ovarian cyst pain, including last month, when a cyst ruptured.

“It really shouldn’t be that way,” she said. “I mean, Steinbach’s considered a city — why don’t we have a doctor, or many?”

There are about 10 physician vacancies in the

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Health Care

Ontario defends ending funding for uninsured health care

Violin30/03/2023 58 Views

Ontario’s minister of health says the province will not reverse the decision to end funded health care services to the uninsured.

Speaking in the legislature on Monday morning, Sylvia Jones insisted that changes being made as of March 31 would not affect the health of those without coverage under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). Instead, Jones said, they will affect whether health-care facilities can bill for services provided to those patients.

“There’s no change in the way that uninsured persons will receive care in the province of Ontario,” she said.

“The only change is how hospitals, community health and

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Health Care

Genesis of Coshockon opens April 3

Violin26/03/2023 82 Views

COSHOCTON − Providing more health care options for residents of Coshocton County is the focus of the new Genesis Coshocton Medical Center opening April 3.

Local officials and other stakeholders take a tour of the new Genesis Coshocton Medical Center during a recent ribbon cutting and open house. The hospital officially opens on April 3, but is already seeing some patients locally.

A ribbon cutting and open house for community stakeholders was held March 16 and an open house and family fun day for the general public was held March 18.

A groundbreaking for the 60,000-square-foot, $50.8 million facility at

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Health Care

Provinces work to retain, recruit health-care staff

Violin25/03/2023 67 Views

As competition for health-care workers heats up, so too does the bidding.

When the Nova Scotia government announced $10,000 bonuses for public health-care workers this week, New Brunswick was surprised.

“That was a disappointment. I’m not going to say anything different,” said New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch.

“Not to speak for the premiere but I believe he was disappointed as well because it did put a lot of pressure on the other provinces.”

The race to retain and recruit staff amid a global shortage of workers is at times pitting provinces against one another.

In an interview with CTV

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Health Care

More surgeries being scheduled, but not enough to clear the pandemic backlog, nationwide data suggests

Violin24/03/2023 53 Views

Canadians continued to face longer wait times for joint replacements and an array of cancer surgeries as the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, a new report shows, putting further pressure on hospitals and provincial governments to tackle the backlogs — all while the country grapples with a healthcare staffing crisis and an aging population.

Released on Thursdayfresh estimates from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides data on Canada’s health-care system, suggest major dips in surgeries in the first two years of the pandemic continued to have a ripple effect by 2022.

“The most recent

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Health Care

To combat anti-trans legislation, state Democrats team up with unlikely ally: the filibuster

Violin20/03/2023 59 Views

Democrats in Republican-led state legislatures are adding the filibuster to their toolkit when it comes to combating legislation targeting LGBTQ rights.

Floor action in the Missouri Senate last week came to a screeching halt as a band of Democratic state senators filibustered for two straight days a bill to bar transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming health care, causing frustrated Republican leadership to adjourn for a scheduled spring break a full day early.

In Nebraska last week, state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh, one of the legislature’s only Democrats, entered the third week of her filibuster over proposed legislation to ban gender-affirming health

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Health Care

Comment: Premera negotiating to keep health care affordable

Violin18/03/2023 53 Views

By Eric Lloyd / For The Herald

We know people are upset to learn that EvergreenHealth has given Premera Blue Cross notice to terminate our contract effective April 1. We’re upset too.

When people seek health care, the last thing they should worry about is uncertainty and confusion over their coverage. Access to affordable, quality health care is critical to our customers and everyone in the state. This is why Premera has been focused on reaching an agreement that will allow our members to continue seeing their providers at EvergreenHealth’s hospital in Kirkland as well as their specialists, urgent care,

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