Doctors receive $29.40 per patient for one-off visits in an after-hours clinic compared with the $47.74 they’re paid for the more comprehensive visits that usually happen in a doctor’s regular practice. Davidson explains that, for after-hours clinics
A Toronto ER nurse quit her job earlier this year to work as a travel nurse at a hospital in Texas. She’s getting paid three times her salary in Canada and working only 36 hours a week, as opposed to 70-80 hours at St. Michael’s in Toronto. In a CUPE
The poll of front-line RPNs, PSWs and other front-line staff revealed a surge in physical & sexual violence against women, in racially motivated attacks and an increase in the use of weapons against hospital staff. The poll found that: 63%
N.B. has no confirmed cases of monkeypox and no suspected cases but Public Health is putting together resource materials for clinicians and working on a public awareness campaign. Messaging will revolve around prevention and risk and the campaign
The Conference Board of Canada says disparities in cancer outcomes are evident among provinces. Cancer mortality rates are lower in the Western provinces and Ont. and higher in Que. and the Atlantic provinces. Other findings include: Mortality-to
A research group estimates 1,700 people are being infected with Omicron for the first time each day. That works out to 213 infections per 100,000 New Brunswickers, nearly 2½ times the national average of 87. Researchers say the number of infections
The head of the New Brunswick Medical Society is urging those who are eligible to get their fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine amid what he believes is the start of a new wave of the pandemic in the province. Dr. Mark MacMillan fears the wave that was
TELUS Health says a survey of healthcare practitioners demonstrates the need to prioritize conversations around the use of in-home tools and solutions such as Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) technology. It’s estimated that one in three
While the worldwide average life expectancy is 73.4 years old, a United Nations report found that Canada is among the countries where people are most likely to live over the age of 100. The report shows that between 2000 and 2020, the population of
Dr. Andrew Clark, an orthopedic surgeon at the Moncton Hospital, says a lack of recruitment of anesthesiologists and nurses and the failure to open more operating rooms are at the root of a heavy backlog of patients waiting to get knee and hip