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National medical organizations call on premiers to focus on health care reform
Nurses put on personal protective equipment at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Arbitrators have awarded Ontario hospital nurses additional salary increases for the three years that were subject to a wage restraint law, since it has been struck down as unconstitutional. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association
Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The president of the Canadian Medical Association says the new health funding deal struck between provinces and the federal government represents the biggest nominal injection of cash into Canada's health system, but that won't enough to fix what's broken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Molly Riley
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Canada’s health care system is stuck firmly in the past
Alika Lafontaine
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Doctors, nurses, health care advocates provide ‘prescription for hope’ to governments
Paperwork is photographed at main reception at the University Plaza Family practice in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, October 21, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
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Canada’s broken health care system is stuck in the past. We have to work together to fix it
Alika Lafontaine
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Canadian Medical Association’s first Indigenous leader takes helm
Dr. Alika Lafontaine, shown in this undated handout photo is the first Indigenous president of the Canadian Medical Association. Lafontaine, who is also the youngest CMA president and of Cree, Anishinaabe, Métis and Pacific Islander ancestry, says he will now be a spokesperson for the group that has been advocating for Canadian health-care professionals and patients by engaging with governments, communities and other stakeholders for about 155 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canadian Medical Association. *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Dearth of data, long wait times contribute to ‘broken’ health care system
Paramedics wheel a patient past ambulances outside a Toronto Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. A study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that adult COVID-19 patients with disabilities had 36 per cent longer hospital stays and a 77 per cent increased risk of readmission within 30 days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
The medical world is failing the very women who are trying to hold it together
Katharine Smart
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More than $1-billion needed to clear surgical backlogs: Canadian Medical Association
The entrance sign to the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. The Canadian Medical Association say it will cost $1.3 billion to clear the backlogs for eight key procedures that were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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Medical association says provincial governments ‘gaslighting’ health-care workers over COVID-19
Canadian Medical Association president Dr. Katharine Smart is shown in a handout photo. The Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Nurses Association held an emergency summit Tuesday night to discuss how move forward since the pandemic brought the health system to a breaking point, with no end in sight. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO/Canadian Medical Association **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canadian Medical Association urges lockdowns for Alberta and Saskatchewan
An entrance to the Peter Lougheed Centre hospital is shown in Calgary, Thursday, April 9, 2020. The Canadian Medical Association is calling for circuit-breaker lockdowns in Alberta and Saskatchewan to protect "crumbling" health-care systems. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Like the sea, storytelling and adventure were in Ron Whelan’s blood
Ronald Whelan, lives lived
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Pfizer supply bolstered as Moderna cuts COVID-19 vaccine delivery
A paramedic closes the doors on his ambulance at a hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. As ICU beds fill up in the city patients are being transferred to hospitals in other regions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Children less likely than adults to transmit COVID-19, says Manitoba study
Teachers dressed in red participate in a solidarity march to raise awareness about cases of COVID-19 at Ecole Woodward Hill Elementary School, in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Canadian researchers say children may be less infectious than adults with the COVID-19 virus, suggesting daycares, schools and extracurricular activities could continue with appropriate precautions in place. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Doctors group says constant changes to COVID-19 restrictions have caused frustration and confusion
Pedestrians cross at the Yonge and Dundas intersection, in Toronto, on March 3, 2021.
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First Indigenous future head of the Canadian Medical Association aims to tackle systemic racism in health care
Dr. Alika Lafontaine at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, AB. Dr. Lafontaine was elected president of the Canadian Medical Association for 2022-2023.
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Canadian Medical Association nominates first Indigenous president-elect
Alika Lafontaine, undated.
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Doug Ford denies causing doctor to be fired for COVID-19 advocacy
Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions after delivering prepared meals at a seniors residence in Toronto on Monday, February 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Globe health columnist André Picard wins Canadian Medical Association award
Globe and Mail writer Andre Picard.
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Doctors fret over surgery backlog after immediate COVID-19 crisis
Dr. Sandy Buchman, President of the Canadian Medical Association, holds a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, September 19, 2019. Eight health organizations are calling for urgent action from the federal government to treat vaping like smoking. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand.
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April 14: ‘My uncomfortable reality: Doug Ford is the leader Ontario needs.’ Readers rate political responses to COVID-19, plus other letters to the editor
Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions at the daily briefing at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday April 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Ontario, Alberta change policy limiting N95 masks as health-care workers demand greater access
Ontario, Alberta change policy limiting N95 masks as health-care workers demand greater access
opinion
There are more doctors that are women, but gender equity remains elusive
André Picard
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Possible Canadian cases of vaping illnesses being investigated: health officer
Saskatchewan Health Minister Jim Reiter responds to a question during a news conference at the Conferences of Provincial-Territorial Ministers of Health, in Winnipeg, on June 28, 2018.
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Two provinces now investigating cases of vaping-related respiratory illnesses
Dr. Sandy Buchman, centre, President of the Canadian Medical Association, speaks at a news conference, in Ottawa, on Sept. 19, 2019.
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Dr. Bette Stephenson, 95, was a trailblazer in Ontario politics with many ‘first female’ titles to her name
Dr. Bette Stephenson, left, is presented with the Woman of the Year award in 1973,
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The digital revolution is coming to health care. Are we ready?
André Picard
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Bureaucratic, technological barriers impeding public’s desire for digital health innovations, conference told
A panel of health experts at the Canadian Medical Association health summit in Toronto offered a long list of reasons why virtual visits – patients interacting with a physician or nurse online via a home computer or smart phone – still account for only one per cent of medical appointments. (File Photo).
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Sandy Buchman installed as 152nd president of Canadian Medical Association
Dr. Sandy Buchman, the new president of the Canadian Medical Association, poses for a photograph at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto on Friday, August 9, 2019. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
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‘Canadians are clear’: Latest CMA polls show we want to manage our health online
Dr. Gigi Osler, President of the Canadian Medical Association, in Winnipeg Manitoba, August 19, 2018.
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On the 25th anniversary of her death, let’s keep Sue Rodriguez’s fight alive
Svend Robinson
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Health advocates urge Ontario to declare state of emergency over opioids
A needle drop box located near the Grand River, and the Elements Casino Brantford in downtown Brantford, Ont. on Jan. 18 2019.
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Why isn’t there a single medical licence for all doctors in Canada?
Dr. Mike Benusic, medical resident, ER doc and spokesperson for Medical Residents of Canada poses for photos in a Roncesvalles clinic in Toronto, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018.
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Coerced sterilization of Indigenous women sparks concern in Canada’s medical community
Dr. Gigi Osler, President of the Canadian Medical Association, in Winnipeg Manitoba, Aug.19, 2018.
opinion
Why the good doctor is burning out
Kevin Patterson
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Canadian doctors quit World Medical Association over plagiarism allegations
In this 2014 file photo, Israeli Medical Association president Dr. Leonid Eidelman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Ramat Gan, Israel.