The family of an Edmonton man who suffered a stroke was “very frustrated” with the province after he was taken to a motel instead of a long-term care facility when he was released from hospital.
After six months at the Royal Alexandra Hospital where he recovered from a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and in a wheelchair, Blair Canniff, 62, was taken to a Travelodge Motel in Leduc, his stepdaughter told CTV News Edmonton.
“It’s very, very, very frustrating,” Jeela Manniapik said on Tuesday. “And when AHS released Blair from the care of the hospital to Contentment Social Services,…
In short: The NSW government is considering waiving a two-dose minimum COVID vaccine requirement for healthcare workers.
NSW Health staff have a vaccination rate of 98 per cent and the requirement has been in place since 2021.
Experts in support of a review say mandatory vaccine programs may be outdated and that efforts should be refocused on at-risk populations.
New South Wales healthcare workers may no longer need to meet COVID vaccination requirements as the government considers lifting their pandemic-era rulings.
Under the current occupational health and safety framework, all NSW Health staff must have at least two doses of…
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Dr. Stephen Major says he doesn’t see anything in the provincial budget that will address the urgent problems facing Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system, and says he’s worried the public is getting too comfortable with a failing system.
Major, a family and emergency room doctor in St. John’s, is the incoming president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association.
While he was encouraged to see more spending in some areas, Major said he was disappointed by a lack of urgency in the province’s $4-billion health-care plan for this fiscal year.
“The biggest issue I see is no real attempt to…