Vitalite Health Network was forced to reduce its ICU beds from six to four for a period of time at the Campbellton Regional Hospital as a result of a nursing shortage. There will be an additional bed available in case of overflow and the health
In Glace Bay, potential doctors are taken on a tour of the Miners Museum, a boat ride along the shoreline and jigging for mackerel. The Bay it Forward group says the efforts paid off as three doctors were recruited in the last three to four years. A
A national physician health survey found that nearly half of respondents screened positive for depression, up significantly since the 2017 survey (33%). Other findings include: One quarter of physicians and residents experience severe (10%) or
Statistics Canada reports that N.B. had the second-highest cancer rate in Canada in 2019 at 655 cases per 100,000 people. The most common type of cancer in N.B. in 2019 was lung and bronchus cancer, at 99.1 cases per 100,000 people, followed by
The CRTC will use 988 as the suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline, the same three digits adopted in the U.S. Once active, Canadians will be able to call or text it and be directed to mental health services free of charge. The Centre
The Four Arrows Regional Health Authority mobile addiction team includes an office assistant for data collection, a counselor, a peer worker and a nurse with expertise in harm reduction. The pilot addresses problematic substance use in remote Man
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction dramatically revised the recommendations for low-risk drinking. Evidence suggests there is no safe amount of alcohol because it’s associated with heart disease and stroke and the risk of cancer rises
The COVID-19 mortality rate was significantly higher for racialized populations (31 deaths per 100,000 population) compared with the non-racialized and non-Indigenous population (22 deaths per 100,000 population). The analysis of COVID-19 mortality
Ont.-based researchers found that Alta., B.C. and Ont. saw twice the increase in pediatric hospitalizations than Que., which prohibited edibles at the time of the study. They found that after cannabis became legal, there were an average of 5.2 child
EDs at The Moncton Hospital (TMH) and Saint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) experienced critical shortages of nursing staff the weekend of Aug. 26-28. During that time, Horizon asked patients with non-life-threatening medical needs to not come to those