ERs

Nearly 13 per cent of all patients left Winnipeg emergency rooms and urgent care centres without receiving care in 2022, according to new data provided by Shared Health, marking a five-year high.About 12.5 per cent of patients left without …

Two emergency rooms in B.C. will be closed overnight for the foreseeable future until the province can recruit enough staff to return to 24-hour operations. On Friday, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Port Hardy Hospital's emergency room…

It's a new year, but Quebec's emergency rooms are still dealing with the same problems.Overcrowding, staffing shortages and sicker patients have been crippling emergency rooms across the province for months.Following a period of holiday…

As many Montrealers cherish one more day of relaxation before heading back to work, already-tired health-care professionals are fearing tough times ahead in the province’s emergency rooms. “I think after New Year’s, it’s going to be…

As Canadians reflect on the last year and make resolutions for 2023, physicians on the front lines of Canada’s ailing health system are also taking stock — and they say immediate and long-term action is needed to address systemic…

Quebec’s health minister says the “one call, one service” 811 hotline is now accessible across the province so parents of sick children can seek medical advice and hopefully avoid overcrowded emergency rooms. “I think parents will…

Front BurnerToday on Front Burner, as respiratory illnesses surge across the country, we hear stories from people who struggled to get care from an overloaded health-care system.CBC News· Posted: Dec 13, 2022 8:50 AM ET | Last Updated: 1…

As a nurse practitioner in Montreal, Nadine Belony says she has more independence when it comes to treating her patients, be it interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing medications or referring them to a specialist."We really have the…

Anna Belmonte’s eight-week-old son was born premature, but like many Quebecers, Francesco doesn’t have a family doctor or a pediatrician. So when her son fell sick a few weeks ago, Belmonte immediately brought him to the Montreal…

Michael Tryon is on the hunt for a family doctor.The Edmonton man learned in June that his family doctor is retiring at the end of November, and Tryon has been searching for a new one for himself, his wife and his son ever since."We have…