HOSPITALS
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Some patients go in for COVID-19, others are infected alongside another issue. In hospitals, those lines blur
Inside a busy intensive care unit in Toronto's east end, Dr. Martin Betts often sees patients grappling with a double…
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Quebec calls on bureaucrats to work in hospitals amid staffing shortage
Quebec Premier François Legault is asking government employees to volunteer to work in hospitals, as staffing shortages continue to hamper the province's…
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Brampton urgent care centre closed as area hospitals face ‘extreme’ pressures
Brampton's urgent care centre has been shuttered again and will be closed until at least February as its operator, William…
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Hospitals tighten visitor policies due to community spread amid Omicron wave
Several hospitals in Ontario are updating their visitor policies amid a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the fast spreading…
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Reduce contacts now or hospitals will be overwhelmed by Omicron, says Tam
Canada's chief public health officer says this will not be the holiday season Canadians were hoping for, warning people that…
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Quebec, Ontario hospitals need to improve information sharing, coroner says
Hospitals along the Quebec-Ontario border need to develop a real-time system to communicate a patient's information in emergency situations, according to a report from…
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Ford asks hospitals for input on possible hospital vaccine mandate for health-care workers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has written to hospital CEOs, local medical officers of health and other health-care organizations asking for…
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All day surgeries in Edmonton health zone postponed as hospitals struggle under pressure of COVID-19
Up to 70 per cent of all scheduled surgeries and procedures in the Edmonton health zone will be immediately postponed…
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Ontario to run hospitals at 115% capacity to clear pandemic surgical backlog
The Ontario government says it wants to boost the operating capacity of the province's hospital system to up to 115…
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Ontario hospitals hit by COVID-19 transferring record number of patients around province
Ontario hospitals are transferring an unprecedented number of patients within the province as the COVID-19 pandemic puts intense pressure on…
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Ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent
The Ontario government’s health agency has issued two emergency orders to help hospitals cope with a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care admissions that is…
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Ontario tells hospitals to activate emergency plans as number of COVID-19 patients spikes
Hospitals across Ontario have been ordered to brace for a spike in COVID-19 patients
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Quebec hospitals are filling up, and doctors worry Christmas gatherings could push them over the edge
Quebec hospitals usually see a rise in visits to the emergency room in early January, yet many across the province are…
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Calgary hospitals told to conserve oxygen, but doctors fear request is a red flag
Alberta Health Services says a memo urging Calgary hospital staff to reduce use of oxygen is a proactive response to…
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Half of Ontario hospitals in poor state of repair, accountability office says
A new report finds that almost half of Ontario's hospitals are in a poor state of repair
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How the hospital in Christine Elliott’s riding copes with overcrowding
When Health Minister Christine Elliott needs to see Ontario’s hallway medicine problem in action, she doesn’t need to travel very…
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2 major GTA hospitals ran at more than 100% capacity in first half of 2019
Brampton Civic Hospital and Etobicoke General Hospital operated at more than 100 per cent capacity throughout the first half the…
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Wait times at Ontario hospitals climbed to record high this summer, data shows
Average wait times at Ontario hospitals reached a record high this summer, according to new data from Health Quality Ontario.…
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The harm to hospitalized patients cost Ontarians more than $1B a year: study
When doctors and hospitals make mistakes, it harms patients. But they aren’t the only ones to pay a steep price.…
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January was worst month in 5 years for frostbite, hypothermia cases at Winnipeg hospitals
The number of patients coming to Winnipeg hospitals with cold-weather related injuries reached a five-year high this winter. In January 2019,…
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