Ebola: Private clinics on front line as patients shun public hospitals http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT1glf #Ebola #PublicHealth #PrivateClinics #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #HealthCare
Experts say Sask.'s plan for private clinics to reduce surgery waits is problematic
This week the Saskatchewan government unveiled a new plan aimed at connecting more people to primary health care. Not everyone has faith it will meet its targets, which include reducing surgical wait times.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/experts-say-sask-s-plan-for-private-clinics-to-reduce-surgery-waits-is-problematic-9.7126513?cmp=rss

Bộ Y tế yêu cầu các địa phương chấn chỉnh hoạt động khám chữa bệnh, xử lý nghiêm các phòng khám tư vi phạm, đặc biệt tình trạng thuê bác sĩ đứng tên hành nghề để tránh rủi ro cho người dân.

#BộY tế #PhòngKhámTư #Y tếViệtNam #MinistryOfHealth #PrivateClinics #VietnamHealthcare

https://vtcnews.vn/bo-y-te-siet-phong-kham-tu-canh-bao-tinh-trang-thue-bac-si-dung-ten-ar968804.html

Bộ Y tế 'siết' phòng khám tư, cảnh báo tình trạng thuê bác sĩ đứng tên

Bộ Y tế yêu cầu các địa phương chấn chỉnh hoạt động khám chữa bệnh, xử lý nghiêm phòng khám vi phạm, đặc biệt tình trạng thuê người đứng tên hành nghề.

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Africa: Helium Credit Is Financing Africa's Private Clinics, One Loan At a Time: [Nigeria Health Watch] Across Nigeria, many privately-owned healthcare facilities face funding bottleneck. Pharmacies watch their shelves empty as they struggle to restock essential drugs. Laboratories, unable to afford new equipment needed for diagnoses, and clinics are forced to turn patients away, as they… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNMscd #HealthcareInAfrica #MedicalFunding #PrivateClinics #NigeriaHealth #HeliumCredit
Private clinics likely to increase wait times in Ontario, report suggests | CP24 https://bit.ly/3sqRgtU #onthealth #Privateclinics #surgeries #OHIP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Private clinics likely to increase wait times in Ontario, report suggests

Ontario’s plan to allow more for-profit clinics to conduct surgeries and diagnostic procedures is likely to increase wait times rather than reduce them, a new report suggests.

CP24

@intothewestaway @Allonon

Agree, but Ford has only revealed the 'tip of iceberg' regarding his privatization contacts. One-off contracts such as ThermeSpa can be broken, at a cost of course -- but what is worrisome is the multi-level snake pit that Ford has set up regarding our healthcare delivery system.

#Loblaw #PrivateClinics #Bill60 #onpoli

"This is *precisely* what we have been warning the Ford #Conservatives about as they continue their ideological push for a two-tier private #healthcare system.
We are preparing a number of amendments to the Your Health Act to protect patients and keep care public."
@maritstiles
#onpoli #DOFO #privatization #PrivateClinics #Ontario
https://twitter.com/CBCTheNational/status/1640821062073040896
CBC News: The National on Twitter

“She was upsold thousands of dollars in extra services at a private for-profit clinic, and when she started to ask questions, the doctor asked her to leave.”

Twitter
👇🇨🇦"As surgical wait lists grow, Canada's private clinics cash in" #CanadianHealthCare #PrivateClinics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/private-surgery-hip-knee-replacement-1.6741461
How Canadians are paying to jump the queue for surgery | CBC News

It's a contentious reality in Canada's universal medicare system: you can pay to jump the queue for surgeries with long waiting lists, such as hip and knee replacements.

CBC
Irish Times piece bigging up a clinic that helps with pelvic floor problems. Talking to a doctor the other day and she said she was searching frantically for such a clinic *that takes medical cards* and has found none whatsoever anywhere in Ireland https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2023/01/20/pelvic-floor-problems-only-affect-women-and-other-myths-about-this-common-health-issue/ #PelvicFloor #PrivateClinics
Pelvic floor problems only affect women, and other myths about this common health issue

We don’t talk about bladder issues, but we should, says chartered physiotherapist Sylvia Farrell

The Irish Times