Category: Health Care

Lakeridge Health new surgical center and health-care facility opening in Pickering

On Monday, Lakeridge Health announced that the Jerry Coughlan Health and Wellness Center (JCHWC), is on track to open in the fall 2023.

Lakeridge Health says it’s a new state-of-the-art surgical center and health-care facility in North Pickering.

The JCHWC was named after the late local philanthropist, and community-builder, Jerry Coughlan, in recognition of his historic philanthropic support of $9-million to the new facility through the Ajax Pickering Hospital Foundation and Lakeridge Health Foundation.

“We’re excited about the progress of the new Surgical Center and health-care facility,” said Dr. Randy Wax, Chief of Staff, Lakeridge Health. “The new Jerry Coughlan Health and Wellness Center will not only enable care closer to home, but also help to ease surgical backlogs with procedures performed in a community facility.”

They say the Surgical Center at the JCHWC will provide a wide range of day surgeries, including endoscopy, minor orthopedics, and gynecological procedures.

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Most liveable cities: The 2023 rankings are in



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It’s nicknamed the “city of dreams,” and it seems the Austrian capital may just be a dream place to live.

The ranking of the world’s most liveable cities for 2023 has just been released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and Vienna has come out on top yet again.

The EIU, a sister organization to The Economist, ranks 173 cities around the world on a number of significant factors, including health care, education, stability, infrastructure and environment.

Vienna held onto its first place spot on the EIU’s Global Liveability Index, winning praise for its reliable infrastructure, standout culture and entertainment and impeccable education and health services.

The city, which has occupied the top position several times over the years, was closely followed by Denmark’s Copenhagen, which retained its second place position.

While Australia’s Melbourne and Sydney have dropped down the list in recent years, with Sydney dropping out

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Health-care costs could be reduced with free prescription drugs: study

Overall health-care costs could be reduced in Canada by providing free prescription drugs to patients, according to a new study.

Led by a researcher from the University of Toronto’s medical school, the three-year study aimed to see how eliminating out-of-pocket medication fees would impact health-care system spending, particularly for patients who reported delaying or not taking prescription drugs due to costs.

“There are millions of Canadians who report not taking medications because of the costs,” lead author and University of Toronto associate professor Dr. Nav Persaud told CTVNews.ca. “We were trying to measure the effect of providing people with free access to medicines, as would happen in a national pharmacy program.”

The study tracked 786 adult patients at nine primary care sites in Ontario who were taking 128 different essential medicines that covered everything from diabetes to depression. In addition to prescriptions, total health-care cost calculations included emergency room trips,

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ER physicians encourage Albertans to choose a party that will prioritize health care

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The South Health Campus adult acute care hospital in Calgary on April 1, 2020. An open letter signed by nearly 200 ER doctors said Alberta’s health care system was deteriorating.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

Nearly 200 emergency-room doctors are urging Albertans to vote for a party that will prioritize fixing what they say is a deteriorating health care system causing patients and care providers to speak languish without support.

An open letter released Wednesday morning, just five days ahead of the May 29 vote, said lack of access to primary care, limited hospital capacity and a critical labor shortage are eroding emergency departments. The signatories said the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and “untimely” government policies have brought the system to collapse.

“Frontline healthcare workers have truly had enough. We cannot bear to watch our patients suffer any longer with no end in sight,” the

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Navigating the health care system as a chronic patient and physician [PODCAST]



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In this episode, we talk to Holly MacKenna, an integrative psychiatrist, about her experience as a chronic patient in the health care system. Holly shares how emotional and overwhelming the process was, and how she was able to draw on her own experience to better understand and support her patients. Holly also reflects on the importance of family and cultural values ​​in her journey towards getting a diagnosis, and the relief and sense of validation that came with finally receiving an answer. Listen in to hear Holly’s unique perspective on navigating the health care system as both a patient and a physician.

Holly MacKenna is an integrative psychiatrist.

She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, “Balancing the roles of patient and healer.”

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Productivity Commission Report reveals Australians delaying vital health care because of cost

The number of Australians who delayed or avoided seeing their doctor because they could not afford it soared by almost 50 per cent in the last year, new figures have been revealed.

The latest Productivity Commission Report has further detailed the impact of mounting out-of-pocket medical costs for Australians, as GPs complain they are increasingly being forced to ditch bulk billing and charge patients just to keep afloat.

The report has revealed 3.5 per cent of people postponed or skipped GP visits in the past 12 months because of the cost, up from 2.4 per

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Three die from mystery disease that kills within 24 hours – as town quarantined quarantined

A MYSTERIOUS ‘nosebleed’ disease has claimed the lives of three people in Burundi, west Africa.

All those who died in the landlocked country passed away within 24 hours of showing symptoms, local media website SOS Media Burundi reports.

The map above shows the areas where Marburg deaths have occurred in Africa since February 2023

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The map above shows the areas where Marburg deaths have occurred in Africa since February 2023
Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​Baziro

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Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​BaziroCredit: Getty – Contributor

Symptoms of the illness include fever, headaches, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness and nosebleeds.

Health authorities scrambling to contain the virus have quarantined the area of ​​Baziro – where two of the infected people were moved to and treated.

“It’s a disease that kills quickly,” a panicked nurse from the Migwa health center told the news site. “It’s terrible, we are all waiting for death.”

It’s understood she was working at a health care center that received two

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Rising health care costs: How might they be tackled?

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  • A new report shows Australians are delaying medical care due to rising health care costs.
  • The report highlights declining bulk billing rates, longer wait times, and an aging GP workforce.
  • It comes as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to meet state leaders to discuss a plan to overhaul Medicare.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with state and territory leaders to consider a plan to solve challenges within Australia’s healthcare system.
Premiers and chief ministers will meet Mr Albanese in Canberra on Friday for the first national cabinet meeting of the year, after he hosted dinner at the Lodge on Thursday night.
At the top of the agenda will be the findings of a review by the Medicare task force on measures to improve healthcare affordability and accessibility, support Australians with chronic health conditions and take pressure off hospitals.

Leaders will also be updated on Closing the

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Until just lately the GAA continued to ban the taking part in of football and rugby union at Gaelic venues. This ban, also referred to as Rule 42, continues to be enforced, but was modified to permit football and rugby to be performed in Croke Park whereas Lansdowne Road was redeveloped into Aviva Stadium. Until just lately, beneath Rule 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, however the creation of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 led to the eventual elimination of the ban.

  • Flyers Chairman Dave Scott introduced Friday that president and common supervisor Chuck Fletcher has been relieved of his duties after more than four years with the group.
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