Archive for the ‘Health Debates’ Category
Our nursing crisis is a public crisis
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
It is not a mystery why nurses are leaving. They are overworked, face brutal working conditions, and a decade of wage suppression has been locked in even further by Bill H-124… The Ontario government’s solution to the nursing shortage is to train more nurses rather than stemming the tide of experienced nurses leaving… Just like physicians, there are areas of specialization within nursing that involve years of extra training… We call on the Ontario government to invest in nursing, stop calling nurses heroes and start treating them like human beings.
Tags: budget, Health, ideology, mental Health, standard of living, women
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Once COVID is finally tamed, Canada will have to tackle the ‘other pandemic’
Monday, September 13th, 2021
Neither major party is prepared to go where an increasing number of medical and legal experts — from public health officers to those chiefs of police — say they should: taking possession of drugs for personal use out of the Criminal Code entirely. And neither party is particularly eager to talk about the opioid crisis during the election campaign… It should be getting more attention from both politicians and voters.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
We broke down the hospitalization risk of going unvaccinated in Ontario. Here’s what the numbers say
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
Unvaccinated Ontarians are ending up in hospital with COVID-19 nearly 20 times as often as fully vaccinated individuals and in the last week have been about 70 times more likely to end up in intensive care… there are more than six times as many unvaccinated patients currently hospitalized with COVID (68) as fully vaccinated individuals (11)… an unvaccinated Ontarian has been nearly nine times more likely to test positive for COVID than a fully vaccinated individual; they’ve been 19 times more likely to end up in hospital; and at the most serious end, the unvaccinated have gone to the ICU more than 70 times as often as the larger population with both doses.
Tags: featured, globalization, Health, participation, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Canada Needs A Broader Vision Of Healthcare
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
“Like others, Canada’s healthcare ‘system’ is reactive. It is focused on restoring to good health people who become ill or injured. It does relatively little to keep people healthy – to promote good health,”… The authors call for striking a balance between the two objectives, with policies and/or practices/procedures based on data that assess the health status of individuals and populations in all their diversity throughout the length and breadth of the country.
Tags: Health, ideology, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Ontario is ducking the biggest thing that would keep students safe this fall: mandatory vaccination
Thursday, August 5th, 2021
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorials Aug. 4, 2021. By Star Editorial Board It’s safe to say that no education minister in the history of Ontario has ever learned more about school ventilation systems than Stephen Lecce. On Wednesday the minister spoke in great detail about all the money that’s being spent to ensure the highest quality filters are […]
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, rights, youth
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Evidence suggests there was no benefit to Ontario closing its schools
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
By comparing the experience of Ontario with that of other provinces it is now clear that provinces that kept schools open longer had outcomes that were no worse and, in many cases, better… To this end, the government must solicit advice from a deeper bench of experts, from economics and other social science backgrounds, who can provide a more nuanced approach to the costs and benefits of keeping schools open.
Tags: child care, Health, jurisdiction, mental Health
Posted in Education Debates, Health Debates | No Comments »
Doctors’ focus on ‘missing patients’ is just first step in leading the pandemic recovery
Sunday, July 4th, 2021
Through the OMA’s public survey, a series of round tables and consultations with other health-care providers and community leaders, doctors are developing a plan that will recommend the bold ideas necessary to take us through the recovery phase and well into the future. We encourage everyone to speak up. Have your say at www.betterhealthcare.ca, and help shape the future of health care with us.
Tags: Health, jurisdiction, mental Health, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Five former mayors of Toronto on why it is time for the city to decriminalize simple drug possession
Saturday, June 19th, 2021
As the death toll mounts, in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada, it is crystal clear that the criminalization of drug use has been a costly public policy mistake that must be remedied. Criminalization is costing human lives at a merciless pace. Racialized minorities and the poor are disproportionately arrested, convicted and incarcerated for possession. And taxpayers pay the costly policing, courts and corrections bills.
Tags: featured, Health, ideology, mental Health, pharmaceutical
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
These Ontario experts are calling for universal dental care
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
According to one 2017 estimate, every nine minutes, someone arrives at an ER in Ontario with a dental complaint, costing taxpayers $31 million annually. COVID-19 has exacerbated the issue, as the pandemic strains hospital resources and leaves many Ontarians cash-strapped from job losses and reduced working hours… The fact that Canadian Medicare doesn’t cover dental work stems from conditions around the time of its inception, in 1968…
Tags: economy, Health, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Throwing money at Big Pharma won’t guarantee vaccine supply
Thursday, April 8th, 2021
Now we’re poised to give Sanofi hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars in the hope of ensuring a future vaccine supply… If we really want a biotech company we can rely on and that doesn’t hold a gun to our head, we should spend our money creating an enterprise that we actually own and control – a little secret learned by Cuba and, decades earlier, by the brilliant Canadians who created Connaught.
Tags: budget, economy, globalization, Health, ideology, pharmaceutical, privatization
Posted in Health Debates | No Comments »
Recent Comments