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Health care workers rallied in front of Thunder Bay’s regional hospital Tuesday, warning provincial moves to allow more private procedures could worsen staff shortages.
THUNDER BAY — Health care workers from five Ontario unions came together Tuesday to demonstrate strong opposition to new provincial legislation expanding the role of private clinics in Ontario’s health system.
Around 75 people rallied at entrances to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and later submitted a petition to hospital leadership urging CEO Rhonda Crocker Ellacott to join them in publicly opposing Bill 60.
The petition was signed by over 1,300 hospital staff members,
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The South Bruce Gray Health Center will close the Durham emergency department overnight at times this summer due to a lack of staff.
“Hospitals across Canada and Ontario are facing staffing challenges and the South Bruce Gray Health Center is no exception. We are experiencing an ongoing shortage of physicians, nurses and other healthcare workers over the summer months,” the hospital corporation said in a news release Wednesday.
The South Bruce Gray Health Center said in its release the temporary changes will allow them to “effectively use our limited resources to safely care for our community.”
About 85 per cent of New Brunswickers have access to a family doctor or nurse practitioner, but only one in three people can get an appointment within five days, according to the New Brunswick Health Council’s latest survey on primary care.
People in the Campbellton region, Zone 5, experienced the worst timely access in 2022, with only 17 per cent being able to see their primary care provider within that time frame, the results released Wednesday show.
It’s a sharp decrease from 2020, when nearly 90 per cent of New Brunswickers reported having access to a primary care provider and
When Kristie Fields was undergoing treatment for breast cancer nine years ago, a nurse suggested she go on the local news and ask for help with her medical bills. Fields says she and her husband quickly dismiss the idea.
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When Kristie Fields was undergoing treatment for breast cancer nine years ago, a nurse suggested she go on the local news and ask for help with her medical bills. Fields says she and her husband quickly dismiss the idea.
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When Kristie Fields was undergoing treatment
Private Trust Co. NA acquired a new stake in Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:RYH – Get Rating) during the 1st quarter, according to the company’s most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investors acquired 1,735 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $506,000.
Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of RYH. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF in the 4th quarter worth $36,000. Hollencrest Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of Invesco S&P
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ:SBRA – Get Rating) has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven rating firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and one has given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $12.72.
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As Alberta looks to relieve pressure on its stressed health system, nurses are calling on the freshly re-elected provincial government to bring in a chief nursing officer to work alongside its chief medical officer of health.
The position was reinstated at the federal level last year, a decade after it was eliminated.
Nurses want Alberta to follow suit.
“It’s so important we have that nursing voice in decision making,” said Kathy Howe, executive director of the Alberta Association of Nurses.
“[This is] someone that the government can rely on for accurate information, someone who can advocate for nursing and someone