A recent studyfound that almost 300,000 people older than 65 died of heat-related causes in 2018, an increase of 54 per cent since 2000.
Vaccine Passports Explained
What is meant by “vaccine passport” isn’t always clear.
Mid-Year Board of Directors Communication
Attached is the 2021 Mid-Year Board of Directors Communique for your information.
CIHI Update: The Impact of COVID
July 8, 2021 The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) is releasing updated data that explores how the pandemic has affected emergency department visits, access to hospital care — including surgeries and intensive care units — and how Canadians received care from physicians. The information
What’s Your Why – Keeping our Knowledge Keepers Safe
Dr. Mélanie Morris normally spends her days providing care for children and youth, as a pediatric surgeon at HSC Winnipeg. But the past year has been anything but normal and, these days, providing that care for patients and their families
Hospital News: Benefits for part-time, casual, and retired hospital employees
We know you likely have lots of questions. What Benefits are available? Can I get Health & Dental coverage? What is Income Protection? And how can I qualify… especially during these unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Call for Nominations
The CCHL MB Executive is looking for an individual to join our team in a Member-at-Large position. You must be a CCHL member to hold this position. We are also looking for individuals to join a number of our committees
New CIHI data available: Wait times for mental health counselling and for home care services
Canadians now have more information about access to mental health services and to home and community care in their province or territory. Today, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) released results for 2 new pan-Canadian indicators: Wait Times for Community Mental
Healthy Debate: Why scary vaccine headlines are actually good news
Vaccine safety is monitored at all stages of clinical trials but the trials themselves are not designed to detect such rare events. Nor can they assess safety in groups who are deliberately excluded, like those with compromised immune systems or
Health Debate: Bazinga! A unified model of palliative care in Ontario
I have previously written that palliative care in Ontario is a postal code lottery – centres of excellence amid deserts of despair. Access across the province is a threadbare patchwork of programs and pockets of funding that allows patients, families