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N.L.’s health authority says it will continue to rely on retired nurses
A vice-president with Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services says she doesn't anticipate relying any less on retired nurses, even as vacancies fill up.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-s-health-authority-says-it-will-continue-to-rely-on-retired-nurses-9.7135825?cmp=rss

CBC Prince Edward Island Mar 12

Timeline: A breakdown of the ups and downs at Health P.E.I.
Strife between the provincial government, Health P.E.I. and its employees goes back years — and many times was centred around the health authority's CEO, which Premier Rob Lantz said Wednesday is "one of the toughest jobs in Prince Edward Island."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-health-ceo-relationship-front-line-workers-9.7125331?cmp=rss

SubtleBlade ⚔️Mar 27, 2024

#Dover #HealthAuthority says InlandBorder facility will be ‘open door for disease’

#Sevington site was never designed to handle the volume of imports envisaged by post-#Brexit changes due in April, port’s #health chief warns
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/27/dover-health-authority-says-inland-border-facility-will-be-open-door-for-disease
#ToryPoliciesInAction #BrexitBonus #PublicHealth #ToryIncompetence

Dover health authority says inland border facility will be ‘open door for disease’

Sevington site was never designed to handle volume of imports envisaged by post-Brexit changes due in April, port’s health chief warns

The Guardian

PhoenixSerenity Mar 19, 2023

#BritishColumbia #HealthAuthority on #VancouverIsland is #testing new #technology inside #washrooms to help #SaveLives of people using #IllicitDrugs .
#IslandHealth has installed #MotionDetecting #sensors that track how long a person has occupied the bathroom & whether they are moving at six locations which have been identified as #HighRisk spaces for #DrugPoisoning .

https://globalnews.ca/news/9561362/island-health-overdose-detector-trial/amp/

#VIHA #OpiodCrisis #StopTheStigma #HelpDontJudge #overdoses #VictoriaBC #yyj #vanisle #VancouverIsland

Island Health testing overdose detecting sensors in select washrooms

The health authority has installed the motion detecting sensors, which track how long a person has occupied the bathroom and whether they are moving at six high-risk locations.

Global News

PhoenixSerenity Mar 17, 2023

7 months after the head of northern #Manitoba 's #healthcare system #apologized for #historic & continuing #racism against #Indigenous people seeking #medical care & #promised #change , #FirstNations #leaders say they're #concerned by the #LackOfProgress .
The #HealthAuthority vowed to eradicate all forms of racism toward #IndigenousPeople within northern Manitoba's health-care system.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6780812

#KeewatinowiOkimakanak #KeewatinohkInniniwMinoayawin #MBpoli #Canada #HumanRights

Little progress on northern Manitoba health region's vow to address racism in care: First Nations groups

Seven months after the head of northern Manitoba's health-care system apologized for historic and continuing racism against Indigenous people seeking medical care and promised change, First Nations leaders say they're concerned by the lack of progress.

CBC