CHARBONNEAU – Doctors’ cozy club limits our health care system
CANADA DOESN’T HAVE a shortage of doctors; we have a closed shop that prevents foreign-trained doctors from practicing. The medical establishment prevents them from [Continue]
Healthcare
CHARBONNEAU – The new threat to health care is not privatization, it’s viral
The COVID pandemic has gone viral. I don’t mean the Delta variant. I mean the mania created by antivaxxers who have whipped up opposition to panic levels. Antivaxxers are [Continue]
STONE – Horgan, NDP have turned their backs on health care in Kamloops
By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops- South Thompson I THINK MOST OF US IN KAMLOOPS feel like we’re at our limit. Between an intense fire season that has devastated communities, [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Health care by telephone likely to stay after pandemic is over
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE HAD TO TALK to your family doctor or nurse practitioner in the past year, chances are you’ve been doing it by phone [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER: Nothing like a night in ER to make us appreciate health care
IF YOU HAPPENED to spend the night on a gurney in the Emergency Department hallway recently, you would have gotten a pretty good idea of the challenges faced by our [Continue]
LETTER – Let’s support our healthcare workers in every way we can
Regarding the recent Covid-19 outbreak at RIH, there are some things the public should consider. Not everyone is the spouse of a healthcare worker (their main squeeze) or [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Canadians want pharmacare plan covering prescriptions
By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE October 29, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic has put Canada’s health care system under a microscope – revealing millions of people in this country [Continue]
ROTHENBURGER – How the pandemic has changed the way we do medicine
I HAD AN APPOINTMENT with my doctor this week. He was in his office in Vancouver; I was in my house. We met on Facetime. Actually, I have several doctors. My nurse [Continue]
LETTER – LifeLabs apologizes for cyber-attack on 15 million customers
Following is a letter released today by LifeLabs with respect to the hack of information on 15 million customers. To our customers: Through proactive surveillance, LifeLabs [Continue]
HEALTH – We must do more for seniors coming home from hospital
By RUTA VALAITIS and MAUREEN MARKLE-REID McMaster University DESPITE HAVING DIABETES and arthritis, Verne was a thriving independent 72-year-old who lived at home with his [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Shortage of nurse practitioners a familiar story
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE CALLED the primary care clinic recently, chances are you got a voicemail saying you shouldn’t expect to get an appointment [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Local candidates can’t avoid two key election issues
An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A LOT OF THINGS are coming together at once to shape the provincial election in the Kamloops-South Thompson and [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Feeling like a healthcare football these days
An ArmchairmMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YOU’LL HAVE to excuse me if I’m feeling like the proverbial football these days when it comes to my health care, [Continue]
HEALTHCARE – Canada’s healthcare system is crucial, but it needs help
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE an American healthcare debate to make Canadians feel lucky. Donald Trump’s first act as president was to sign an executive order taking the first [Continue]
