On March 31, the federal funding for 22 safer supply initiatives across the country expired. Unless provinces step in, many patients will be left with few options.
As our nation navigates economic and social uncertainties, safeguarding and enhancing our health-care system will be crucial to ensuring a healthier future for all Canadians.
Despite billions allocated for autism services, many families are still waiting – sometimes for years. To fix Ontario’s autism services, we should redirect resources toward programs that have been proven to work.
AI is neither inherently good nor bad – it is a tool. The responsibility lies with us as clinicians to ensure its adoption strengthens, rather than diminishes, the humanity of care.
byLyne FiliatraultArijit ChakravartyT. Ryan Gregory
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest global health-related disaster in living memory. Yet, Canadian governments have refused to hold an independent COVID-19 inquiry into the pandemic response.
By aligning compensation for primary care professionals with the value they provide and ensuring fair recognition of their contributions, the health-care system can build a stronger, more equitable foundation moving forward.
Canadians have a lot to worry about right now. But as we vote in the government that will see us through this unprecedented time, health care must be core to the government agenda.
Canadian health-care leaders will be listening closely to what our federal politicians have to say on the campaign trail. This is what they hope to hear from candidates this election.
Practising family medicine in a rural community is dire these days. It’s precarious for patients and stressful for physicians and there’s no one coming to save us.
Health care for undocumented people living in Canada is fractured. We need a comprehensive plan to help the most vulnerable among us, otherwise they will fall through the cracks.
Yes, it’s time to mask again. We need to do better. We know how to do better. We can save so many lives and preserve the dignity of patients in the process.
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.