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Category: Health and COVID-19
‘Bundled care’ initiative to expand to six communities
The province says this model of care helps patients transition from the hospital back home by having one team looking after them the whole time. ...
Union president to press health minister on resolving home-care strike
Smokey Thomas wants Eric Hoskins to intervene in the months-long strike of CarePartners’ nurses in Niagara Region and Norfolk County, where nurses are seeking hourly pay. ...
Grassy Narrows councillor hopes accord triggers province’s help with mercury contamination
Grassy Narrows First Nation declared a state of emergency over unsafe drinking water Thursday. ...
Heard: Windsor-area health network approves $4.8 million for rural hospitals
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Canadian Medical Association gives support to Ontario doctors
At the annual general meeting in Halifax, three motions put forward by the Ontario Medical Association were backed by the CMA, including a call for a binding dispute resolution mechanism. ...
Hoskins wants federal commitment for health care spending
Federal funding for programs to vaccinate Ontarians against HPV and to reduce wait times in the province have been eliminated, a spokesperson for the health minister said. ...
Happening: Ontario Nurses’ Association launches ad campaign
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Province invests in sexual violence treatment centres
Premier Kathleen Wynne announces $1.1 million a year for the next three years toward treatment centres - one of the commitments set out in It's Never Okay: An Action Plan to Stop Sexual Violence. ...
Heard: Province funds Lanark housing project for developmentally disabled
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