Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include a statement from the health authority received after the time of publishing. Forty-two year-old Laval, Que. resident Jessie Putre isn’t shy about showing her mastectomy scar publicly because she says she wants people to see what can happen if they delay getting a mammogram. “I was actually told, ‘I … Read more
Taija Howard wouldn’t know she was carrying twins if she hadn’t paid out-of-pocket for a private ultrasound. When Howard was about seven or eight weeks into her pregnancy, her family doctor sent a referral to get an ultrasound done at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. But she never got a call to book an … Read more
Amid Canada’s ongoing battle with prolonged emergency room wait times and staffing challenges, a new poll finds that many are willing to journey southward in pursuit of timely health care, even if it means paying out of pocket. The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found that 42 per cent of respondents would go … Read more
Dr. David Barber, chair of the Ontario Medical Association’s general and family practice section, says a move toward private health care in Ontario is “happening already” and that it’s “going to get worse.” During a news conference Thursday discussing a shortage of family doctors in Ontario, Barber said one of his own patients went to … Read more
