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Published Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:36AM EDT OTTAWA Doctors and nurses on the front lines of Canada s health system are sounding the alarm after the Liberal government appears to have put its promise of a national pharmacare program on the back burner. When the Trudeau government delivered its first federal budget in two years last month, it included more than $100 billion in new spending over the three years. But while there was one brief mention of pharmacare in the 739-page document, it only re-stated a commitment from the 2019 budget of $500 million for a national program for high-cost drugs for rare diseases.
Law is one of 50 healthcare workers across Canada who have died of COVID-19, according to the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. To date, more than 7,200 BC healthcare staff have become sick with the virus according to BC Centre for Disease Control data.
On Monday, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed Law was the first nurse health officials know of who died of COVID-19.
“It is a tragedy. It is something that affects all of us in the healthcare system when one of our own passes away.”
Law started her career at Shaughnessy Hospital and later worked for many years at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock. Her father was a physician, and her family said his career influenced Law’s choice to work in healthcare.
Staffing crisis needs more than Band-Aid solutions, nurses say winnipegfreepress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from winnipegfreepress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Linda Silas has been the President of the 200,000-strong Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) since 2003. As the dynamic and charismatic leader of Canada’s largest nurses’ organization, Linda is recognized as the foremost advocate on behalf of nurses in Canada.
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