Tag: Health care
A UP community may lose EMS service in state prison payment dispute
The state and a national health care provider are squabbling over a contract, and the losers are Michigan ambulance services…
The fraud investigation at London Health Sciences Centre needs to move quickly to safeguard public trust and staff morale, but the Ontario government also has to act, the Opposition health critic at Q
The fraud investigation at London Health Sciences Centre needs to move quickly to safeguard public trust and staff morale, but the Ontario government also has to act, the Opposition health critic at Queenâs Park said Monday. The investigation grabbed the attention of France Gelinas who said she’s concerned patients and workers, including doctors and nurses, […]
St. Joe’s hospital readies for mammogram demand after Queen’s Park change
St. Josephâs Health Care Londonâs renowned breast care program is ramping up operations, planning renovations, hiring more staff and extending hours since the provinceâs move to expand mammogram eligibility. Â The Ontario government last month dropped the mammogram self-referral age to 40 from 50, a move St. Josephâs estimates will increase the number of screening […]
Fraud investigation at LHSC involves ‘multiple individuals’: Source
Fraud investigation involves “multiple individuals,” a hospital source says, underscoring what may be a âsystemicâ failure of governance
Reader to Reader: November 2, 2024
Readers are thankful for great care and faster service at London’s hospitals
Letters to the Editor: November 2, 2024
It’s not the roadwork, it’s the drivers
Where Donald Trump, Kamala Harris stand on issues that matter to Michigan
What the candidates are proposing for EVs, taxes, Great Lakes, immigration, Israel, health care and education….
SBGHC to share results of community survey at meetings
South Bruce Grey Health Centre will share results of community consultations on health care, then take questions, at upcoming public meetings. SBGHC in spring moved the inpatient beds from its site in Durham to its hospitals in Walkerton and Kincardine, saying it was to stabilize operations amid worsening staff shortages. Those challenges led to reduced emergency […]
St. Thomas firm donates $50K to hospital’s $8M MRI fundraising push
The fundraising arm of St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital is getting a $50,000 donation to a campaign launched earlier this year from a company with ties to the city.
Rural community health centre to Queen’s Park: Our workers need more pay
A Southwestern Ontario community health centre is raising concerns over wage disparity between workers in its sector versus other branches of the health care system.