A new study suggests that Quebec has gone from reporting the shortest wait times for medical treatment in Canada to the middle of the pack over the past two decades.
Continue Reading → Quebec no longer best in Canada in medical wait times
Emergency-room doctors in Montreal are accusing the Quebec Health Department of “cannibalizing” scarce ER resources as the government shifts more family physicians to so-called super clinics.
Continue Reading → ERs in crisis as resources diverted to family medicine ‘super clinics’
“Thirteen years after my aunt slowly and painfully died, I trained in the newly established speciality of medical oncology. I began to see newer emerging team-based palliative care treatment options for those like my aunt.”
A letter from a concerned person whose aunt died via euthanasia, outlines how their aunt may have only had a bladder infection.
Continue Reading → Woman dies by euthanasia, may only have had a bladder infection
American doctors say there’s been a steep climb in rates of major depression in adolescents – and most of them aren’t getting mental health treatment.
Continue Reading → Major depression is on the rise in youth, especially teenage girls