"Humanity feels absent from the equation except for the brief few minutes of direct interaction with a nurse or doctor that occur along the way. There are just too many sick or hurting people for The System to cope," writes Kevin Maclean.
The town's number of family doctors is currently at 13 — Niagara Region's physician recruiter says they've made "great strides," "but with our current growth rate, we're still struggling to keep up with our primary care."
Steven Hall is just one of many NOTL residents who has taken care of an older family member, serving as the primary caregiver for his father, Bruce Hall, before his death in May.
With new development proposals from Old Town to Glendale sparking controversy, the resignation of the town's chief administrator, and the first year of the...
An estimated 5 million Canadians do not have a family doctor.
In Ontario, that total is about 2.2 million people.
Across Niagara and in Niagara-on-the-Lake, several...
"Council should appreciate that the official plan, land-use zoning and bylaws were developed by experts and are not an arbitrary set of rules that they can change on a whim," writes Wayne Murray.
After reading Kevin MacLean's article on his experience in the emergency room at the St. Catharines hospital, Wendy Cheropita shares the trials of her own "waiting game": "What I didn’t know was what lay ahead of me. This was my first visit in 10 years."
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Physician assistants are comprehensively trained medical professionals who work in collaboration with physicians and other team members to provide patient-centered care.
They can work...
Kent Monkman wields a double-edged sword that looks like a feather but is no less lethal.
In his "Mistikôsiwak," (Wooden Boat People), the Canadian Cree...
