Montreal – Nurses in Canada make up Canada’s largest group of health professionals with more than 400,000 working from coast to coast to coast. Nurses are critical to Canada’s health care system and the Government of Canada is committed to ensuring Canadians have access to nursing services when and where they need them. This requires the removal of barriers, such …
London – Many face bloating. But according to The Telegraph, Dr Megan Rossi, known as The Gut Health Doctor, said in her book Eat Yourself Healthy that many factors contribute to bloating but it can be reduced. She suggested: Going easy on legumes. Whole grains like quinoa, rice, and oats make good substitutes for legumes. Avoid onions and garlic. Avoid fruits …
Ottawa – Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, today confirmed that the Government of Canada has delivered to provinces and territories an additional $2 billion Canada Health Transfer top-up. This top-up will support provincial and territorial governments in reducing backlogs and responding to urgent pressures in emergency rooms, operating rooms, and pediatric hospitals, and is part of …
Two homes will bring 288 much-needed long-term care beds to the province NAPANEE — Construction is underway at Lennox and Addington County General Hospital in Napanee and at Westgate Lodge in Belleville. This is part of the Ontario government’s $6.4 billion commitment to build more than 30,000 new beds by 2028 and 28,000 upgraded long-term care beds across the province. …
Ottawa – Canada is experiencing more intense and frequent weather events associated with climate change. Many regions and communities across the country are witnessing this firsthand as wildfires continue to burn across the country. As observed over the last few weeks, wildfire smoke can impact air quality over vast distances, affecting the respiratory health of people who live hundreds – …
Investment connecting residents to supports in long-term care homes instead of hospitals TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing over $2 million in 14 Toronto long-term care homes and five hospital-led initiatives that support homes across the city, to help seniors with complex needs like dementia and bariatric care connect to specialized care and supports in homes instead of a hospital. …
Ottawa – Recent release of the national data on opioid and stimulant-related harms is evidence that the overdose crisis, and the increasingly toxic illegal drug supply, continue to have a devastating impact on individuals, communities and families across Canada. Our hearts go out to all those who have lost loved ones to this crisis. Tragically, between January and December 2022, an average …
Ottawa – The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) released new modelling projections of the number of opioid-related deaths that may occur in the coming months. The results of the model suggest that, under some scenarios, the number of opioid-related deaths through to December 2023 may remain high or may decrease, but not to levels seen before the onset of …
WASHINGTON – Zuru, an El Segundo, California-based toymaker, said it’s recalling about 7.5 million singing and swimming Baby Shark bath toys due to multiple impalements, lacerations and puncture wounds, reported in kids playing with them. The toys have hard plastic which can increase injury risk.
Training hundreds of additional personal support workers will connect residents to more hours of direct care TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing $16.5 million to train up to 600 new personal support workers across the province as part of its commitment to ensure long-term care residents receive an average of four hours of hands-on direct care each day by …
