health
Maritime provinces to create public travel nurse agency, P.E.I. health minister says
The P.E.I. government says it is working with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to reduce reliance on travel nurses. Source link
Immunization rates in B.C. falling since COVID-19 pandemic, data shows
Childhood immunization rates for most vaccines have been falling since the pandemic, a CBC News analysis of provincial data has found, raising concerns among public health officials about increased vulnerability to infectious disease. Source link
Indigenous Nurses Day celebrates their contributions to the nursing profession
Indigenous Nurses Day is April 10, which is the birthdate of Edith Anderson Monture, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman and the first First Nations woman to become a registered nurse in Canada. The day acknowledges the significant contributions of First Nation, Métis and Inuit nurses to health and wellness in the nursing profession. Source link
Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
A triage nurse who assessed Heather Winterstein hours before she died of sepsis in the St. Catharines, Ont., hospital says she had little time with the 24-year-old, telling a coroner’s inquest the emergency department staff were overwhelmingly busy. “Nurses are burned out. Nurses are exhausted,” Andrea Demery said several days into the inquiry. Source link
More accommodation requests being refused, federal unions say
Two federal public service unions say more and more employees are being denied requests for accommodations to work remotely, particularly for medical reasons, and are accusing the government of being unreasonable. Source link
Health Canada warns against injecting unauthorized drugs promising anti-aging, weight loss or wellness
People shouldn’t buy or use unauthorized, injectable peptide drugs claiming to help with body issues and wellness, warns Health Canada — they can come with serious side effects. Source link
Heather Winterstein shouldn’t have been in wait room, needed frequent checks, medical expert tells inquest
On the day she died of sepsis, Heather Winterstein shouldn’t have been placed in the emergency room waiting area at the St. Catharines hospital until she could see a doctor, an emergency medicine expert told a coroner’s inquest Wednesday. Source link
Alberta government faces another legal fight to keep supervised consumption sites open
Less than a year after a judge ruled on a similar case in Red Deer, the provincial government is facing an injunction seeking to stop supervised consumption services from closing in Calgary and Lethbridge. Source link
You can now get a prescription for nature access if you live in Hamilton, here's how
The PaRx program, an initiative that allows healthcare providers to prescribe nature passes to patients, is now available for Hamilton Conservation Authority (HCA) sites. Source link
She travelled 900 km for an abortion. Years later, Quebec access issues remain urgent
Rose Gervais was about 12 weeks pregnant with her third child in 2023 when she had to travel from Gaspé, Que., to Montreal for an abortion. She should have been able to get the procedure done much closer, in Quebec City, but doctors say delays in getting appointments combined with limited capacity are pushing people […]