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French-language health care to be celebrated in Moncton
The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Center is preparing to celebrate 100 years of French-language health care in Moncton in a big way.
Calling dozens of artists to the stage, the milestone birthday will be acknowledged with music, dancing and entertainment at the Notre-Dame-De-L’Assomption Cathedral in the city.
“Even in Canada, to have an institution, a French institution which provides service in both languages is an icon,” said Gilles Beaulieu, the co-chair of the 100th anniversary festivities organizing committee.
Beaulieu says it’s a way to say thank you to doctors, nurses, hospital staff, patients and the community.
“We’ve spent 100 years
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Successful year for southwest healthcare – SwiftCurrentOnline.com
A non-profit raising funds to improve the quality and availability of healthcare in the southwest held their annual general meeting in April.
The Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation announced a total of $596,360 raised from events in 2022.
Helen Arnold, board chair of the foundation, said the year was filled with exciting things.
“We’re very proud of the success the Foundation has experienced,” she said. “And we have you, the donors, to thank you for that. Once again, you have proven how healthcare needs in our region are your top priority.”
One annual event was renamed last year to
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No fines issued by hospitals under Ontario’s new long-term care law: province, OHA
No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing, the province and its hospitals say.
But families and advocates argue the threat posed by the law is pushing patients into nursing homes they wouldn’t otherwise choose.
The law, which went into effect in September, can move discharged patients into nursing homes they did not consent to. Patients in southern Ontario can be moved to homes up to 70 kilometers
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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care continues to deal with cyberattacks: ‘Significant impact’ to members
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is continuing to deal with the fallout from a cyberattack that has sparked a “significant impact” to members and providers, the local health care giant said Wednesday.
Point32Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, on April 17 identified a cybersecurity ransomware incident that has affected Harvard Pilgrim Health Care systems.
Nine days later, the Canton-based company is still dealing with the aftermath of the cyberattack.
“The ransomware incident impacting Harvard Pilgrim Health Care systems, which we identified on April 17, remains an active incident,” Point32Health said in a statement. “Out
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Quebec wants longer work weeks for health and social services workers
As part of its negotiations with public sector unions, Quebec wants to extend the work week for some employees in the health and social services network from 35 to 37.5 hours.
About 10 job titles would be affected, such as medical technology externs, criminologists, health technicians working in medical laboratories, medical imaging technicians and others, said Josée Fréchette, first vice-president of the APTS (Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux) in an interview on Friday.
Fréchette recalled that there was a scarcity of manpower in the health and social services sector and that existing
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Members of union representing health-care workers vote 99% in favor of strike mandate
Members of a union that represents about 7,000 rural paramedics and emergency dispatch, respiratory therapists, lab and diagnostic technologists, and other allied health professionals in Manitoba have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike mandate.
The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals, whose membership also includes social workers, pharmacists, physiotherapists and dietitians, among workers in many other professions, says its members voted 99 per cent in favor of adopting a strike mandate.
The union’s bargaining committee called for a strike vote in March, after more than a year of negotiating for a new collective agreement, according to a Friday news
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Ottawa plans to increase health-care wait times
Provinces penalized for allowing patients to pay for their own medical scans at private clinics
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