Editorial: The system failed May 5, 2021
From the early days of the pandemic, well over a year ago, it quickly became evident that long-term care homes were in the eye of this hurricane.
The virus exposed some major failings of the health care system in protecting these vulnerable seniors and those tasked with caring for them. Governments on all levels expressed shock and horror, promising to make things right. They haven’t.
The report by Ontario’s Long Term Care COVID-19 Commission released last week was just the latest to condemn the delayed response of the province in controlling the spread of the deadly virus in long-term care homes. That came on the heels of a damning indictment by Ontario’s Auditor General. Earlier, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released a national report that was equally distressing. Despite the massive impact of the virus during the first wave last spring, the CIHI found that the pandemic experience in LTC and retirem
4.5% medical cannabis.
The same survey found that benefits providers saw a surge in interest from plan sponsors when it comes to virtual/online health care in 2020, with almost all,
95.4%, being either significantly or somewhat interested. Most plan sponsors were also significantly, or somewhat, interested In pharmacy services at
86.4%, pharmacogenetics at
83.3%, followed by health coaching and navigation at
77.3%. While the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has spurred interest in online/virtual health care, there’s significantly less interest in medical cannabis as benefits providers said more than half,
59.1%, of plan sponsors have little, or no, interest in this budding benefits offering.
The report Affleck co-authored, released in February 2020 right before the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, said there was still a “long way to go” to provide quality publicly-insured virtual care across Canada despite th
NDP pushes feds to cover dental care costs for uninsured Canadians
Vancouver-Kingsway NDP MP Don Davies says his party wants Ottawa to provide the provinces with money to cover dental costs for uninsured families with a household income of less than $90,000.
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Health critic Don Davies says his party wants coverage for families with household income of less than $90K
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Posted: May 04, 2021 10:54 AM PT | Last Updated: May 4
A dentist provides oral care at a volunteer-run clinic for low-income people in Vancouver in 2019. A Vancouver MP is pushing Ottawa to cover dental costs for uninsured Canadians earning less than $90,000.(CBC/Tristan Le Rudulier)
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Monica Audette, a recent midwifery graduate, says the demand for midwives is huge now that many women want to have home births to avoid hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE province could be doing more to help women avoid hospitals before, during and after the birth of their baby, the Midwives Association of Manitoba says.
THE province could be doing more to help women avoid hospitals before, during and after the birth of their baby, the Midwives Association of Manitoba says.
While demand for midwives has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, no new positions have been created and close to half of women’s requests for midwifery services are turned down, says the president of the organization.