Amid what many are calling a healthcare crisis, those on the front lines want Canadian premiers, who will gather for their first in-person meeting since 2019, to commit to working collaboratively with the federal government to find tangible solutions. Organizations and individuals are also asking them to develop a national strategy on health human resources.
It's no secret that healthcare workers are having an exceptionally hard time balancing their personal lives and work lives right now. Between long shifts and the resulting exhaustion, it seems they don't have any time left to do the other things that give life meaning. However, there is always a way to turn things around, so we recently invited Jen Zurbrigg to talk about 5 ways healthcare workers can improve their work-life balance.
A survey conducted by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) — which represents tens of thousands of the province’s healthcare workers — reveals that hospitals are becoming increasingly dangerous and the problems are being “largely ignored.” According to the poll. Ontario health workers are being met with an increase in violence, sexual assault, and racially-motivated attacks.
The recent temporary closures of two Ontario emergency rooms and consolidation of staff at another have renewed concerns over the province’s health-care worker shortage, with doctors and nurses calling on the government to tackle the problem. The Ontario Hospital Association said staff shortages and capacity issues are creating backlogs across the hospital system, with an increased number of patients waiting for home care and patients in acute care beds who don’t require those resources.
We sat down with Barbara Olas, Homayra Ahmed, and Ashley Fox, three wonderful and inspirational women in nursing, to discuss topics such as burnout, new grad tips, and entrepreneurship.
As abortion becomes banned in some U.S. states, advocates and providers think Canada should be prepared for a potential rise in medical tourism. Dr. Dustin Costescu, an OB-GYN at Hamilton Health Sciences, said provinces should increase funding for abortion clinics to ensure they can meet this potential surge in demand, while others think even a small number of Americans with the means to seek abortion care in Canada could pose a problem for clinics that are already strained for capacity.
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