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We asked about your challenges getting a doctor. Here’s what you told us

Violin17/02/2023 85 Views

More than two million Ontarians, according to a recent report, do not have a family doctor and some tell CBC Toronto they are going to drastic lengths looking for solutions.

Although all levels of government have acknowledged the lack of access to a primary care practitioner as an issue, the figures gathered by the INSPIRE-Primary Health Care research group show how big the problem really is.

Dozens of patients and their families reached out to CBC News to tell their stories about their quest to find primary care in response to our survey. Here are a few of them.

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Health Care

Zero Carb Mozzarella Sticks – Maria Mind Body Health

Violin16/02/2023 59 Views

If you haven’t noticed, I do not allow advertising on my site.

I just didn’t agree with some of the products that were advertised. They were keto products, but they were unhealthy and I would never personally eat most of the products. It was hard to say no to blog advertisements; they pay thousands of dollars a month, but I just feel uncomfortable about having the products I didn’t recommend on my website.

Instead, I have created a shopping list where you can find all the healthy ingredients that are difficult to find in grocery stores (and if you do

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Health Care

Health-care advocates urge BC to hire physician assistants to assist doctors

Violin14/02/2023 52 Views

A man originally from BC who is now a health-care worker in Halifax said BC needs to adopt physician assistants to assist doctors.

Gabriel Demone, who is a physician assistant with the Canadian Armed Forces based out of Halifax, said his daily role in assisting doctors is a big help in delivering timely medical services.

“If I were to encounter you as a patient, we would sit down and talk about what you brought into the clinic,” he said.

“We’re a force multiplier for the doctors.”

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Langley family decries long wait in hospital ER for toddler

His role is

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Health Care

The Bay Health Foundation works to make health care services more accessible

Violin10/02/2023 36 Views

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – A local foundation is proving its commitment to the people of Bay County by continuing to make health care services more accessible to those who otherwise couldn’t afford them.

The Bay Health Foundation was formed more than a decade ago after Bay Medical leased the hospital to Ascension Sacred Heart. Since then, the board has been investing the money back into the community with more than $5 million in donations spread among a list of organizations.

On Thursday, the list grew at the 11th annual grant recipient luncheon. The foundation presented a $500,000 check to

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Health Care

NY budget would aid physicians’ assistants | News

Violin04/02/2023 57 Views

ALBANY — A turf war between doctors and physician assistants has been ignited at the statehouse as the two sides clash over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed health care budget.

The Medical Society of the State of New York, the lobby organization for doctors, argues the state would be “facilitating silos” in health care by removing restrictions that limit the ability of physician assistants to handle certain procedures without the supervision of a doctor.

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“We are concerned with other proposals (within the Hochul budget) to address care shortages by expanding the services that can be provided by various non-physician

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Health Care

Nova Scotia health care: Changes announced to improve care in ERs

Violin27/01/2023 95 Views

Nova Scotia has announced extra resources to relieve the pressure on strained emergency departments, following the recent deaths of two women who waited hours for care.

At a news conference Wednesday morning, health officials outlined extra measures to improve ambulance response times, address long wait times and overcrowding in Nova Scotia’s ERs, and offer people more places to receive care.

“The needs of the system have expanded and changed, but the system has not,” said Health Minister Michelle Thompson during the news conference.

“Our government was elected to change that… after so many years of neglect. The past is not

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Health Care

Quebec health minister apologizes for end-of-life care for Robert Bourassa’s widow at St. Mary’s Hospital

Violin25/01/2023 81 Views

The regional health board that oversees St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal says it will conduct an internal investigation into the end-of-life care the widow of a former Quebec premier received there, after her family said she suffered needlessly in her final days.

The family’s description of Andrée Simard’s treatment prompted Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé to offer them his apologies “in my name and that of the network,” while the minister responsible for end-of-life care, Sonia Bélanger, said the responsible health board must “review practices at St. Mary’s Hospital so that a situation like this one never happens again.”

Simard,

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Rep. Katherine Clark’s daughter is charged in police assault

Violin23/01/2023 63 Views

BOSTON (AP) — The daughter of US Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts was arrested during a protest Saturday night on Boston Common and later charged with assault after a police officer was injured.

In a statement on its website, the Boston Police Department said the 23-year-old was expected to be drafted in Boston Municipal Court.

Clark, the House Democratic whip, said in a tweet that her daughter, Riley Dowell, had been arrested. “I love Riley, and this is a very difficult time in the cycle of joy and pain in parenting,” wrote Clark. “This will be evaluated by the legal

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