The Ontario government says hospital patients awaiting spots in long-term care can be moved to nursing homes not of their choosing up to 150 kilometres away, with charges of $ 400 per day to take effect in November if they refuse.
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With no bed in his local hospital, Ontario cancer patient is stuck in B.C.
An Ontario man with cancer is languishing in hospital in British Columbia because his local hospital does not have a bed available.
‘It was made to seem like getting a haircut’: Patient says breast implant sales pitch glossed over risks
Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgery in the world, with 10 million women opting for breast implants during the past decade. We took hidden cameras into the offices of three Toronto plastic surgeons to review how they explain and sell the procedure.
Wyoming Is Seeing a Drop in Patient Hospitalizations
This story is part of a series between OZY and Well Being Trust called Mental States of the Nation, where we explore ways that different states across the U.S. are enforcing and facilitating mental health parity. Behind the astonishing natural beauty at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming hosts a dark secret: It ranks fourth-highest in the […]
SVU Season 20: New Shrink's First Patient Is a Grieving Peter, EP Says
If time heals all wounds, Law & Order: SVU‘s Peter Stone is screwed. Only a few months will have passed between the events of the Season 19 finale and the two-hour Season 20 premiere (Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c), show boss Michael Chernuchin tells TVLine. That means the assistant district attorney will be in the thick […]
Thousands of patient records held for ransom in Ontario home care data breach, attackers claim
The detailed medical histories and contact information of possibly tens of thousands of home-care patients in Ontario are allegedly being held for ransom by thieves who recently raided the computer systems of a health-care provider.
Plea for patient who died after drinking floor fluid
Joan Blaber, 85, was recovering in the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, when her family claim she accidentally drank floor cleaner from a jug at her bedside before taking her medication. A post-mortem revealed she died six days later as a direct result of the incident last September. Ms Blaber’s family are appealing for funds […]
Plea for patient who died after drinking floor fluid
THE family of a stroke patient who died after being given cleaning fluid to drink in a hospital have launched a campaign to pay for legal representation at her inquest.
Arthritis pain – these cheap supplements helped patient to double her sleeping time
ARTHRITIS pain symptoms prevent a fifth of patients from getting a good night’s sleep, it’s been revealed. This woman doubled her time spent asleep at night by taking these cheap diet supplements.
Ottawa doctor suspended after taking $10K loan from elderly patient
Dr. Peter Diarmuid Davison has been suspended for three months after he asked an elderly patient with suspected dementia for a $ 10,000 loan.
