HEALTH CRITICS DEMAND APOLOGIES FOR MISTAKEN MASTECTOMIES
July 29th, 2010 | Comments (0)
The Conservative health critic is demanding the province apologize to 2 women whose breasts were removed after a mistaken cancer diagnosis. Christine Elliott says Ontario can apologize without admitting liability. NDP health critic France Gelinas says it’s the right thing to do. Both are also asking the Liberals to explain why nothing was said to the public about the mistakes sooner.
ONTARIO WON’T BE COVERING COST OF CONTROVERSIAL MS TREATMENT
July 29th, 2010 | Comments (0)
Ontario’s Premier has no plans to fund clinical trials of a controversial Multiple Sclerosis. After Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announced Tuesday that his government was willing to pay for the so-call Liberation Treatment, Dalton McGuinty said he needed more than anecdotal evidence before funding it. The treatment was created by Italian Doctor Paolo Zambomi, blaming MS on blocked veins in the neck or spinal cord.
CONCERN OVER YOUTH CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY DRINKS
July 27th, 2010 | Comments (0)
The medical community is expressing concern about caffeinated energy drinks and the effects they might have on young people. The Canadian Medical Association Journal says some of these drinks contain the caffeine equivalent of 10 cans of cola. That’s something Deputy Editor, Doctor Matthew Stanbrook says can negatively impact the health of young people. Health Canada suggests kids under 12 should not consume more than 85 milligrams of caffeine a day, which is about a can or 2 of cola, and even less among younger age groups.
LAKERIDGE HEALTH CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
July 27th, 2010 | Comments (0)
A special celebration for Lakeridge Health Oshawa on Tuesday. It’s the 100th anniversary of the hospital which opened in 1910, with just 16 beds. Chair of Lakeridge Health Corporation Doug Allingham says things were different back then when Oshawa only had 5,000 residents. In the early days only 3 babies were born and 40 operations were conducted at the hospital in a year, while today they deliver 2,500 babies and perform 40,000 surgeries annually. Allingham says now with new technology, additions like the cancer centre help provide better service to patients.
CATARACTS MAY HAVE CAUSED MISDIAGNOSES
July 27th, 2010 | Comments (0)
Misdiagnoses at a Windsor hospital may have been caused by blurred vision. Pathologist Dr. Olive Williams is apparently responsible for the misdiagnoses at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital. In 4 cases the errors were caught before harm was done, but a fifth patient underwent and unnecessary colostomy and a sixth received an incorrect lumpectomy. Williams had her hospital privileges suspended in January.
FRIENDS FOR LIFE BIKE RALLY BEGINS
July 25th, 2010 | Comments (0)
Hundreds of cyclists are streaming through the streets of Toronto Sunday. They began their annual six-day trek to Montreal. The Friends For Life Bike Rally, presented by Scotiabank, will raise over $1 million this year for the Toronto People with Aids Foundation. Michael Cress, Co-Chair of the bike rally and also HIV positive, says the need of services for people living with HIV/AIDS is becoming greater.
HEADCHEESE RECALL
July 22nd, 2010 | Comments (0)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and G Brandt Meat Packers of Mississauga are warning the public to not eat Brandt’s headcheese. The products may be contaminated with salmonella. The various flavours of headcheese was distributed across the country, have the establishment number 164 and were purchased up to and including July 21, 2010. There have been no reported illnesses.
DELI MEAT RECALL
July 21st, 2010 | Comments (0)
A warning to steer clear of some ready to eat, sliced deli meats, due to fears of listeria. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is asking consumers not to eat Dats Deli European of Montreal. The products include smoked meat, smoked turkey breast, pepperoni and roast pork with a best before date up to and including August 10th. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the products.
RECORD DEFICITS AT ONTARIO HOSPITALS
July 20th, 2010 | Comments (0)
For the second year in a row, more than one-third of Ontario hospitals are bleeding red ink, amounting to a $107-million shortfall. Director of Communications for Lakeridge Health Arnell Schiratti says despite early predictions, they managed to balance the books. The financial picture of Ontario hospitals is largely unchanged from the previous year, as figures show 61 hospitals or 38 percent have reported a deficit in the fiscal year that ended March 31st.
DURHAM HEALTH PHONE OFFERING VALUABLE SERVICE
July 19th, 2010 | Comments (0)
The Durham Health Connection Line has seen some significant expansion during its 14 years of operation. It was started in 1996 as a way to provide information about services that are available through the Health Department and it has grown into a critical source that fields about 125 calls per day. Public Health Nurse Rita Lajoie says they respond to a wide range of problems. The line operates Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm for more information on the connection line, click here.
ACCESS CHANGES AT AJAX-PICKERING HOSPITAL
July 16th, 2010 | Comments (0)
The redevelopment of the Ajax-Pickering hospital is progressing during the 3rd and final year of its major construction project. Officials are advising the public, that on Monday, the connection road from Harwood Avenue entrance at Emperor Street to the road that goes around to the west side of the campus will be temporarily closed. In order to access the west-wing and visitor parking lot, the public should enter at Centennial Road or use the new entrance from Harwood Avenue southbound. For a site map to view these temporary changes, click here.
LAKERIDGE HEALTH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP
July 14th, 2010 | Comments (0)
Lakeridge Health will be teaming up with the University Health Network in order to improve patient services. The two health systems will share management of Lakeridge’s Laboratory Services, something President and CEO Kevin Empey says will allow for a faster lab process, which benefits everyone. Empey says it will also allow for things like collaborative research, quality assurance improvement and potential cost savings.