A life without dignity is not a life, and is a potential humanitarian crisis. My reactions to the cost of living threat. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nice racket, Galen. "The College of #Pharmacists can discipline only individual pharmacists/pharmacies, not corporations. If a pharmacist employed by Shoppers Drug Mart gets disciplined for doing too many MedsChecks, Galen can just replace them w/ a new pharmacist" Canada Healthwatch 🍁

I was asked to explain what makes private equity such a problem in health care (and long term care and child care) to John Moore omny.fm/shows/newstalk… #NotYourDaddysPrivatization

Private equity firms exist to make $ for investors. It's their job. A single private equity firm already owns 14 of 🇨🇦's surgical centres, using public $ to enrich private investors. Armine Yalnizyan tells us why that's a problem & how to fix it. kcpl.ca/kensington-acq…

The book Dying to be Seen was written for every Canadian. 🇨🇦Public healthcare is being privatized at an alarming rate with private interests passing it off as innovation. Spread the word X every Canadian needs to read this book before the next election. Dr. Nancy Olivieri

this is a big issue... did you know that in AB pharmacies can bill Alberta Health to do these reviews, EVEN IF THE PT HAS A FM DOC, but that FM doc cannot bill for doing this work. repeat: your FM doc caring for you cannot bill public purse, but a for-profit company can...

Big Pharma is poisoning the debate on pharmacare with blatant disinformation. Acri isn't just some ideologue - she has worked as a consultant for PhRMA and allied Big Pharma lobby groups since 2002. Would be good of the The Hill Times editors to let their readers know. #cdnpoli

National pharmacare must be protected from corporate interests: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/marc…

Really, people. Pay attention. "25% of U.S. hospital emergency departments are now staffed by private equity-owned staffing firms." "a single private equity firm already owns the largest national network of independent surgical centres — 53 operating rooms spread across Canada"

🔷IVC -CI to assess post induction hypotension in anesthesia? #POCUS 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.100… CJA - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 🙏 Valerie Zaphiratos 🙏 Dr. Vishal Uppal MBBS, FRCA 🇨🇦🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Philip Jones ASRA Pain Medicine AORA India ESRA | European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology Govind Panda Nathan Waldron Stephen Haskins Rosie Hogg Hatem Soliman, FRCP, FEACVI, FASE, FHEA Ana S.

#PrivateEquity and #healthcare: Should Canadians be concerned? By Danyaal Raza & Karen S. Palmer healthydebate.ca/2024/07/topic/…

Do we want “vulture capitalists” in our health care system? Mark Holland Peter Julian 🇨🇦 Important article by Danyaal Raza and Karen S. Palmer

This is just devastating. Jasper a magical place. My heart goes out to all those who live in Jasper – and, really, to all of Alberta and Canada. An incalculable loss.

American medics who have worked in Gaza describe how “Israel has directly targeted and deliberately devastated Gaza’s entire healthcare system.” That's a war crime that the International Criminal Court should prosecute. theguardian.com/world/article/…

Same window (parasternal), different views. #POCUS #FOAMed #Nephpearls Courtesy: Dr. Bulwer

"CDM Chair Melanie Bechard said the recommendations are reflection of where the nation lies in public-private healthcare debate. 'The voice of Canadian doctors is clear: the debate is settled and privatization will not solve problems in the healthcare system'" thestar.com/business/as-fo…

The incidence of heart attacks and strokes fell after #COVID19 vaccination, according to a new study. Scientists British Heart Foundation Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) analysed health records from 46m adults in England. This further supports the safety of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

Yesterday I shared this piece by me & 40 colleagues on the harms of the “lab leak” hypothesis inflicts on science & scientists. I’m not finished talking about it. The origins “debate” has consumed my life for >4 years & I want to talk personally about the damage it has caused.

Next time you are seeing a young women🙋🏽‍♀️ with chest pain I urge you to ⏸️pause and consider could this patient be having an MI? BECAUSE data shows “Young women are dying at a higher rate than anyone else from MI” CardioNerds Dr. Martha Gulati ♥️🫀❤️‍🩹🇨🇦 ASPC

As a uOttawa | Faculté de médecine, Faculty of Medicine alumna who spent most of my clerkship at The Ottawa Hospital and CHEO Ottawa, I have signed this letter along with almost 400 healthcare workers with ties to Ottawa. I have been shocked and dismayed that these hospitals would pull out of Capital Pride • Fierté dans la Capitale because of /1