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

Violin10/07/2023 54 Views

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

Why Canada’s ‘private health care’ isn’t actually private

Violin07/07/2023 53 Views

In recent months, a series of crushing shortages in Canadian health care delivery have reignited debate over the virtues of allowing “private health care” into the Canadian system. Saskatchewan has turned to for-profit clinics in a bid to clear up a backlog of joint surgeries. And in a particularly dramatic example, British Columbia is shipping its cancer patients out of the country to obtain care in Washington State. But none of this is really “private health care” in a way that most of the world understands it (and in a way that would actually help alleviate some

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Health Care

US charges 78 people across 16 states in $2.5B healthcare fraud takedown – National

Violin05/07/2023 90 Views

The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced federal and local criminal charges targeting 78 defendants across 16 states as part of a law enforcement action involving $2.5 billion in alleged healthcare fraud schemes targeting elderly and disabled people, HIV patients and even pregnant women.

The cases range from allegations of falsely billing the federal Medicare insurance program for elderly and disabled Americans and paying illegal kickbacks, to the illicit diversion of expensive prescription medications and the improper dispensing of highly addictive opioid pain killers.

Among those facing charges include 24 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, as well as

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Health Care

Another 3,400 PEI patients lost primary care, with family doctors saying he is ‘burnt out’

Violin03/07/2023 48 Views

A Prince Edward Island family doctor who scaled back his 13-year-old practice earlier this month has now decided to close it up completely.

Dr. Paul Corney said in a letter to his remaining 3,400 patients that he would be “winding down” his practice in Charlottetown before closing it on Sept. 15, 2023.

“As of now, there is no physician or nurse practitioner in place to take over your care. Health PEI is working hard to find solutions for this,” he wrote.

For the time being, he said, his patients would be able to sign up for free online care from

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Health Care

New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists

Violin28/06/2023 44 Views

The Associated Press

Nick Perry

Published June 22, 2023 • 2 minute read

Signs are posted on the Exterior of Auckland City Hospital, May 13, 2017. New Zealand, Thursday, June 22, 2023, has been debating a thorny healthcare issue — whether ethnicity should be considered in deciding when patients get surgery. Photo by Doug Sherring /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders this week were debating a thorny health care issue — whether ethnicity should be a factor in determining when

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Health Care

Unvaccinated healthcare workers hope to go back to work

Violin27/06/2023 51 Views

Sandy Hartman is frustrated. She’s not allowed back to work at the London Health Sciences Center because she’s not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

“At this point in time, the policy is outdated, and I’m hoping we can see some changes,” said Hartman.

A staff nurse at LHSC for the past 12 years, Hartman, who is eight months pregnant, has been put on an unpaid leave of absence by the hospital because of her vaccination status.

She believes the softening of other COVID regulations recently, like mandatory masking and patient screening, means she should be allowed to return to work.

“We’re

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Fanshawe students heading to Guatemala for medical mission

Violin15/06/2023 47 Views

A team of students and faculty from Fanshawe College are heading to Central America on Saturday to take part in a week-long medical mission.

Fourteen third-year students from the Respiratory Therapy Program, along with four faculty, will be traveling to Guatemala to work in rural clinics and provide a range of care for patients.

“The biggest issue is just low resources and there’s just not as much money to pay for resources,” said Lydia Quick, a student who is part of the mission team. The country is one of the poorest in Central America and residents have limited access to

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Health Care

Dix plans summer tour as BC hospitals, health care facing ‘crises’

Violin12/06/2023 44 Views

Health Minister Adrian Dix is planning a summer tour of hospitals across the province in the hopes of addressing the broad issue of health-care and acute-care demand.

While announcing a host of short-, medium- and long-term solutions and actions for Surrey Memorial Hospital Wednesday (June 7), Dix said he would be meeting with the hospital over the summer “to find solutions for their workplaces that work for them. ”

“We know that other hospitals across the province are facing similar crises, with a growing population and staffing challenges.”

Dix said one of the common challenges is with the increased demand,

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