Staff shortages kept operating rooms at High Prairie hospital closed for years

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When the $228-million regional hospital in High Prairie, Alta., opened in 2017, the provincial government hailed it as a state-of-the-art facility that would improve the lives of patients in the community.

But six years later, the operating rooms are empty.

According to the Alberta government, the High Prairie Health Complex surgical program has been on pause since 2020.

That leaves the northwest Alberta region of 15,000 people — including several First Nations and Métis Settlements — with a minimum 115-kilometer journey for emergency surgery or to deliver a baby in hospital.

The gap in health care around High Prairie, about

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Health Care

St. Joseph’s/Candler to open medical clinic at Hyundai Metaplant

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A temporary medical facility is already operational at the Hyundai Metaplant.

Employees working inside the Hyundai EV plant being built in Bryan County will not only have the luxury of competitive pay and benefits but will also have access to health care right at their fingertips.

Hyundai and St. Joseph’s/Candler entered into an agreement Monday for the health care system to operate a 7,700-square-foot medical center inside the manufacturing facility.

Plans have been in the works for months and both parties agreed the move will allow employees to thrive through proper health and wellness.

more: Hyundai supplier to build manufacturing

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Health Care

Angelina Jolie Says Racial Disparity in Health care Has ‘Endangered’ Her Children of Color

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Angelina Jolie is addressing the health inequalities she sees when it comes to racing.

The actor and humanitarian published an op-ed for the American Journal of Nursing on July 5, in which she touched on the new technology that detects bruises on darker skin colors when it comes to survivors of domestic violence. Jolie, 48, began by writing how many medical research, imagery and training centers focus on white skin and as a result medical professionals “often miss injuries depending on race and ethnicity.”

“As the mother of children of multiple races, I have seen my children of color be

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Health Care

Hospital backlogs in pediatric care could affect children’s health for the rest of their lives

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A surgery is performed in the operating room at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children on Nov. 30, 2022.Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Two-thirds of pediatric patients in need of surgery at two of Ontario’s largest children’s hospitals are being forced to wait beyond the recommended window as a result of backlogs and inadequate resources, putting them at risk for lifelong complications and setbacks.

At Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, the surgical wait list soared to last 6,509 weeks, the longest it has ever been. Sixty-seven per cent of those on the list have been waiting

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Health Care

The Latest Science on PSMF, Carnivore & Keto: How to Manipulate Macros to Achieve Your Goals!

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So many of you have been asking me to hold another class because you learned so much in the last class that Craig and I decided to teach all of you the latest science!

We are always on the hunt for the latest science on how our bodies work and this NEW class will BLOW YOUR MIND! I only wish I had time to teach the class before September!

The first protein sparing class (which you can still get the recording HERE) gives you all the details about what PSMF (Pure Protein) days are all about, the science and biology

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Healthy Life

Help us solve Europe’s biggest healthcare challenges

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Health Care

Partnership between St. Joes., Lawson, GE HealthCare to offer personalized treatment options

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St. Joseph’s is to be the first in Canada to offer a new way to personalize medicine to treat cancer and other diseases.

St. Joseph’s Health Care London and Lawson Health Research Institute have partnered with General Electric HealthCare to be the first ‘centre of excellence’ in Canada. The center will focus on personalizing cancer treatments and other diseases through molecular imaging and targeted therapy.

“For decades we’ve talked about a magic bullet. Something you can target is just one thing and doesn’t have any collateral damage to normal cells. This is as close as you’re going to get so

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Readers’ letters, Victoria Times Colonist, June 9, 2023

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Island Health is working to improve health care

Re: “A new ER reality — a drop in standards of care,” commentary, June 3.

As noted in the commentary, the health system is especially busy and we’re seeing more patients requiring emergency care and more people needing hospital admission.

Emergency department physicians and staff are supporting these higher volumes while we work with hospitalists (physicians who provide care to most hospital-admitted patients) on workload, recruitment and retention concerns.

Significant additional work is underway to address some of these current challenges related to high patient volumes.

We are taking action to reduce

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