2 years ago
Virtual ER Availability at Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre
NL Health Services is advising the public of temporary changes to services at the Bonavista Peninsula Health Centre due to human resource challenges. On-site emergency services will be supported through a Virtual ER physician from Friday, March 1 at 8:00 a.m. to Saturday, March 2 at 8:00 a.m. When a virtual ER is operating, residents […]
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2 years ago
Four Grand Falls-Windsor doctors send letter warning they’ll stop providing cancer care
Four Internal Medicine Physicians working in cancer care in Grand Falls-Windsor have written government to say effective March 25 the group will no longer be providing cancer care to patients. The letter that has been sent to the health minister details workload concerns that the doctors say have not been appropriately addressed. The physicians say […]
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2 years ago
Health Minister calls on Controller General to review how money is spent on travel nurses
Health Minister Tom Osborne is asking the Controller General to review how money is spent on travel nurses. That’s after an investigative report by the globe and mail raised questions about whether the contracts are being followed properly. NTV’s Ben Cleary has more in this report.
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2 years ago
Federal Liberals and NDP reach deal on pharmacare
After months of back and forth, the federal Liberals and NDP have reached a deal on pharmacare to continue their confidence and supply agreement. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh confirmed the development to CTV News on Friday, calling the draft legislation “historic.” The draft legislation is expected to be introduced next week and is the first […]
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