News

Trish Barbato   President and CEO  We’re pleased to see the government investing in high-priority initiatives across the health sector as part of yesterday’s budget announcement. However, we’re also disappointed the budget didn’t mention a specific investment to...

Statement from Jone Mitchell   Executive Director, Atlantic Region It’s clear from Thursday’s budget announcement the Government of Nova Scotia is listening to our calls to address the need for improved access to joint replacement surgeries. The $1.9-million investment for...

Statement from Trish Barbato, President and CEO   It’s clear from today’s budget announcement the Government of Ontario is listening to our calls to address the growing surgical backlog. The $300-million investment announced today will help hospitals keep operating rooms...

Jone Mitchell  Executive Director, Atlantic Region We’re pleased today’s provincial budget recognizes the need for a plan to ensure patients have consistent and timely access to quality healthcare. We strongly believe the patient voice should be a part of that planning...

Operating rooms at the Windsor Regional Hospital will be running at full capacity in efforts to clear a backlog on elective procedures due to COVID-19 pandemic.According to Dr. Wassim Saad, the hospital's chief of staff, 2,500 to 3,000 elective procedures have been delayed due to COVID-19...

Statement from Trish Barbato, President and CEO We were pleased to hear many premiers highlight the need to address the growing crisis of the increasing wait lists for surgeries across the country during today’s news conference. Wait times for joint replacement surgery were too long...

I have relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and I am part of a cohort of women in their childbearing years who live with a chronic disease. Deciding when to conceive could greatly affect me and my baby’s health.Getting pregnant with a chronic disease is possible. But planning around...

Platelets may play a key role in the development of lupus, according to a study published today by researchers at Université Laval and CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center. Extracellular DNA circulating in the blood of patients with lupus causes the inflammatory reaction associated with...

Research from Western University in London, Ont. shows that High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO) surgeries - knee realignments - should be performed more often. "It may be a procedure that is underused and undervalued," says Codie Primeau, a Western physical therapy PhD student and lead author...