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Health and travel: When her surgeon told her to stay put, she didn’t listen

As she prepared for a risky spine operation around 18 months after sustaining injuries in a horrific 2011 car accident…

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Nova Scotia

Oral surgeon who let guard remove inmate’s teeth looking for discharge

Dr. Louis Bourget is seen in Gander Supreme Court on Feb. 2, 2024. Bourget is asking for an absolute discharge…

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Health

Sask. breast cancer patient still waiting for surgeon consultation 5 months after finding lump

A mother of two from Weyburn, Sask., has known since early December that she has breast cancer. But by the…

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Canada

Court challenge delays sentencing of oral surgeon who let prison guard do dental work on inmate

Dr. Louis Bourget appears in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court in Gander on Friday. (Troy Turner/CBC) Sentencing submissions in the…

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Health

In a Gaza hospital, a Canadian surgeon tended to children whose eyes were shattered in bomb blasts

Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions and images. The Current19:15What a Canadian doctor saw in Gaza A Canadian eye surgeon…

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Health

Ontario surgeon back from medical mission says his ‘heart and soul’ remain with children in Gaza

Warning: This story contains graphic images. A Canadian trauma surgeon says that for every child he saved in the hospital in southern…

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Health

A surgeon speaks frankly about delayed procedures and other tough calls during pandemic

Paul Johnston spent the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic pacing the floors, imagining the tumours in his patients’ bodies…

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Canada

Oral surgeon pleads guilty to letting prison guard do dental work on sedated inmate

Oral surgeon Louis Bourget and guard Ron McDonald pleaded guilty in Gander on Monday to their role in an incident…

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Health

Sask. had a record number of organ donors last year and this transplant surgeon attributes ‘Logan Boulet effect’

Saskatchewan saw a record number of organ donations last year, according to the province — something one transplant surgeon says…

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Health

Patients wait in pain as a surgeon fights to get paid — all in a battle over health-care dollars

Christine Kaschuba first noticed a strange bend in her spine as a teenager.  For years, it seemed manageable: she played…

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