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Great articles on Poverty and Health on the HPC website.

Caroline Ploem has posted the links to this series on the www.hpclearinghouse.ca location. This article series has been prepared by the Ontario Physicians Poverty Work Group. Please pass along to any of your contacts. Go to http://www.hpclearinghouse.ca/new/June08/june18_poverty.asp

Posted to Public HPC Network News & Resources (Weblog) by Gwen Williams on 06-18-2008
4.1 million Canadians without family doctor: StatsCan

A new report from Statistics Canada says an estimated 4.1 million Canadians aged 12 or older are without a family doctor.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-18-2008
Summer obstetrics sked will confuse women in labour, MD says

Plans to reduce summer obstetrician service in central Newfoundland may be a recipe for disaster, according to a local physician.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-18-2008
2 more Winnipeg doctors resign in dispute over elderly man's treatment

Three doctors have now resigned from duty at a Winnipeg hospital rather than obey a court order to continue treating an elderly man on life support.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-16-2008
MDs blast 'divisive' pathologist pay hike

A new deal that has meant massive pay increases for some N.L. pathologists has caused outrage elsewhere in the medical profession.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-12-2008
Ulukhaktok residents sick of long waits to see doctors

Residents in the remote Arctic hamlet of Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., are demanding more time with doctors who have to travel to the community to see patients.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-11-2008
Alberta loses 4 top public health doctors over salaries

Alberta's health minister says money, and not the government's recent health-care reforms, is to blame for the departure of four of the province's top doctors.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-10-2008
Little response after breast cancer test warning: MD

A physician who flagged serious problems at a St. John's pathology lab in 2003 was not consulted two years later, when Eastern Health realized its breast cancer testing was flawed.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-05-2008
St. John's lab seriously troubled, MD tells inquiry

A pathologist who identified serious problems in a St. John's laboratory has outlined for a public inquiry a litany of problems that he observed while he worked there.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-04-2008
Details about new medical school to be announced

The location of a new medical school in Saint John will be announced on Tuesday by Post-Secondary Education Minister Ed Doherty.

Posted to XTL(External) News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008

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