3 d. ago BC Conservative Party calls for IH CEO to resign immediately amid doctor shortage

Dew has sent a formal letter to Health Minister Josie Osborne urging her to intervene if Brown does not step down voluntarily.

Culture

4 d. ago Apex Labs Granted Israel MoH Approval to Expand Phase 2b Macrodose Psilocybin PTSD Clinical Trial

Israel’s Ministry of Health (MoH) approval to add additional sites to APEX SUMMIT-90 160 patient phase 2b macrodose clinical trial: Tel Aviv University (TAU)’s Institute for Psychedelic Research located at the Sagol Brain Institute (SGI) in Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. Be’er Yaakov Mental Hospital (Merhavim) Center for Psychedelic Studies. For more information or to register […]

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5 d. ago Questions raised over outgoing IH CEO’s ability to solve crisis at Kelowna General Hospital

Dew is concerned that with IH CEO Susan Brown set to retire in December, a quick resolution to the crisis may not be possible.

Science

5 d. ago Saskatchewan’s health minister offers surgical performance update

WATCH: The Sask Gov. is touting its success in delivering on their promise to shorten surgical wait times in the province, but the opposition says their numbers aren't adding up.

Politics

6 d. ago Doctors at Kelowna hospital accuse Interior Health of misleading the public

The pediatricians accuse Interior Health (IH) of misleading the public by blaming the crisis on a nationwide shortage of physicians.

Science

7 d. ago NDP backs off on plan to cut funding for B.C. families with sick kids

B.C. Health Minister Josie Osborne had defended the cuts but later said that she had directed her ministry to ensure 'restrictions are lifted'

Society

7 d. ago B.C. to restore housing aid to families with sick children in Vancouver hospitals

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it’s working to reverse changes that slashed accommodation funding for out-of-town parents whose children received specialized hospital care in Vancouver. Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has asked staff to review the family residence program after receiving criticism for changes to the program that became effective June 1. […]

Science

7 d. ago Today's letters: Ontario is being simplistic about hospital parking fees

Monday, June 9: Readers aren't happy about hospital parking fees, or about the health minister's comments on them. You can write to us too, at letters@ottawacitizen.com

Science

1 week ago Interior Health CEO speaks out for 1st time since Kelowna pediatric unit closure

There are about 20 pediatricians working in the Kelowna area, however, only six work at the hospital as numerous resigned in the last year.

Science

1 week ago Ontario expediting process for U.S. doctors, nurses to work in province

Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced Thursday by the minister of health. Sylvia Jones says the move will increase the number of health-care professionals working in the province. The province is enabling qualified U.S.-licensed physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and […]

Science

1 week ago Health minister says forced addictions treatment lacks evidence, feds won’t intervene

OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says there’s no evidence that forcing people into addictions treatment works — but she won’t weigh in on whether provinces should pursue involuntary treatment. “I will tell you that I think every single Canadian has the right to get treated,” she said. “I won’t tell you that to […]

Politics

1 week ago Health minister won’t intervene on forcing addictions treatment

The Canadian Mental Health Association in British Columbia said existing evidence shows that forcing people into treatment actually increases risks.

Politics

2 w. ago B.C. health officials were warned of problems nine months before Kelowna hospital pediatric ward closure

Vaughn Palmer: Secrecy surrounding pediatric ward closure only highlights slow response to staffing woes

Science

2 w. ago Minister of health dismisses call to eliminate parking fees, says hospitals need the money

'It is really important that we don’t just grasp on to simplistic solutions for complicated problems.'

Science

2 w. ago Opinion: It's time to rebuild a strong public health presence in Alberta

Public health services in Alberta are increasingly sidelined and alarmingly diminished. Today, those of us with decades of service in the field are speaking out because core elements of Alberta’s public-health system are being quietly dismantled. Alberta’s health restructuring has split oversight of health-care services into siloed ministries for acute care, primary care, assisted living, […]

Science

2 w. ago Kelowna doctor sounds alarm over pediatrician shortage at hospital

Another emergency room doctor is decrying the severe shortage of pediatricians at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH).

Science

3 w. ago B.C. health minister says about 6,000 on ’extended leave’ from mental health care

The suspect in last month's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people was on extended leave from involuntary mental health treatment at the time

Politics

3 w. ago Quebec launches heat wave alert system to protect public health, vulnerable population

Quebec's health ministry says subscribers will receive a message by telephone, email or text message a day before an extreme weather event to warn them of its arrival.

Science

3 w. ago Saturday's letters: Breaking up health ministry into four a costly scam

Re. “Premier defends four-way split of health minister role,” May 20 I read with great disbelief the latest desperate attempt by this premier to distance herself and her caucus from the corrupt care scandal. It is simply outrageous to add three more health ministers to the incompetent Minister LaGrange to “manage” the steady march to […]

Politics

3 w. ago Kelowna ER doctors sound alarm over ‘unprecedented’ closure of pediatric ward

Doctors who work in the Emergency Room (ER) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are in disbelief the entire pediatric unit will be shutting down for at least six weeks.

Science