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Highly paid local bureaucrats are sucking up too much in provincial health-care dollars, an Ottawa MPP says. Each of the 14 health networks across Ontario spent more than $1 million on executive salaries, according to Lisa MacLeod, Conservative MPP for Nepean-Carleton. The number of executives in the Ottawa-area Champlain Local Health Integration Network earning more […]
MoreBy AEDAN HELMER and KELLY ROCHE, Ottawa Sun Rob Driskell stepped onto an elevator at the Ottawa Hospital where a female therapist sized him up. “She asked me, ‘are you allowed to work like that?’” said Driskell. He had no idea what she was referring to. “With all that paint on your arms (the woman […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/03/02/17471341.html#/news/ottawa/2011/03/02/pf-17470581.html Acute-care beds at area hospitals are increasingly unavailable, making for cancelled surgeries and longer emergency room wait times. That’s because an alarming number of seniors are using them who should be in long-term care. Currently about 3,300 people in the Champlain region are waiting for long-term care beds at home and in […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/17371876.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/22/pf-17363371.html The federal government is investing $4.5 million so two research teams can study genes causing cancers and rare diseases in children. More research for rare diseases means more hope for sick kids like 15-year-old T.J. O’Connor. T.J. and his brother, Casey, 13, have undiagnosed neuro-degenerative conditions. “…After a multitude of medical appointments […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/17162976.html#/news/ottawa/2011/02/04/pf-17159356.html The last time Patrick Auger, Marcie Beaudoin, and John Holbrook saw seven-year-old Victoria “Tori” Wilson, she was unconscious and barely alive. When they were reunited with her Friday morning, they fittingly hung out in an ambulance — where they first met. The Ornge critical care flight paramedics helped save Tori after she […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/02/02/17128856.html Less than three months after his daughter took her own life, Ottawa Senators assistant coach and former defenceman Luke Richardson is using personal tragedy to raise awareness about teenage mental illness. His daughter Daron, 14, hanged herself on Nov. 13. More than 5,000 people attended her memorial at Scotiabank Place and Richardson […]
MoreWith a fast and furious snowfall, Ottawa paramedics are reminding residents to be careful and shovel slowly. Three men had heart attacks while outside shovelling six weeks ago on Dec. 14. One was in his mid 40s and two were in their 70s, said paramedics spokesperson J.P. Trottier. They all survived. Last winter, paramedics responded […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/31/17106546.html Relief is on the way for more than 4,000 people on a non-urgent MRI waiting list at the Ottawa Hospital, as three area hospitals are boosting the operating hours for MRI scans. “We will be putting additional shifts on, on evenings, nights and weekends,” said Paula Doering, vice-president of clinical programs at […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/14/16894481.html For teenagers like Leo Nuhijaj, juggling responsibilities isn’t easy. “I have basketball, then after basketball I have work, then after work I have to study for my exams and summatives. So it’s really stressful,” Nuhijaj, 16, said. To help stressed out teens, the Youth Services Bureau (YSB) is launching a free mental […]
MoreSEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2011/01/11/16849516.html Ottawa Public Health is getting two million dollars from the province’s Healthy Smiles program. That means up to 10,000 local children from low-income families can access free dental care at public clinics. And that’s good news to people who consider visiting the dentist a luxury. “I really need to clean my teeth […]
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