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Providence Health reveals 19 patients were forced to transfer this year due to its MAID policy

Nineteen people this year have been forced to transfer out of Providence Health Care facilities to access medical assistance in…

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Dusting off hospital cleaning measures would help keep patients safer from superbugs, doctors say

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers…

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Province blocks city’s plan to put some patients in taxis in Ottawa

The City of Ottawa’s plans to put some non-urgent patients in taxis has been blocked by Ontario’s Ministry of Health,…

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Nova Scotia

New MRI at Dartmouth General Hospital expected to scan 400 patients a month

The first patients won’t get to use it for another three weeks, but the Dartmouth General Hospital’s first MRI machine was officially…

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Nova Scotia

Pilot project monitors patients while they wait in Dartmouth ER

Patients waiting at an emergency department in Dartmouth, N.S., with symptoms including chest pain, severe bleeding or trouble breathing are…

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Migraine can be a disabling disorder. New medications are giving some patients relief

The Dose25:46How should I treat migraine attacks? Read transcribed audio The stereotypical image of a migraine sufferer is someone lying…

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After contracting flesh-eating disease, patients question Nova Scotia Health’s response

Two women in southwestern Nova Scotia are questioning the response by Public Health after they say invasive group A strep…

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Canada

Racism, discrimination may lead to First Nations patients leaving emergency rooms: Alberta study

Systemic racism and inequity in health care may be contributing to why First Nations patients in Alberta disproportionately leave emergency…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Health contacting 2,690 patients after privacy breach

Nova Scotia Health said it will be contacting 2,690 patients after their personal information was “inappropriately accessed” at Saint Martha’s Regional…

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My patients became my ‘doctors’ when I was diagnosed with cancer

This First Person column is the experience of Dr. Nhung N. Tran-Davies, who lives in Calmar, Alta. For more information…

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