Nunavik: Demands for health network to be put under trusteeship
“We’re not sinking: we’re sunk.” A worker shortage, coupled with poor management of the Nunavik health care system, is creating
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Burnout, Indigenous reconciliation on agenda of new Yukon Medical Association pres.
Dr. Alex Kmet took on new role after the association’s annual general meeting last weekend The new head of the
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Pangnirtung health centre in northern Canada will be closed next month due to staff shortages
The health centre in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, will be temporarily closed next month for about one week, according to the Department of
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New Inuit health module being developed at Montreal’s McGill University
Developing an Inuit health module for family medicine courses will be one of the priorities of the new Associate Professor
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Hospital wards across Finland clogged with “unnecessary patients”
Senior physicians at five major central hospitals in Finland have issued a “wake-up call” on the issue of congestion in
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Alaska’s heroin problem brings together state, local and federal leaders in search of a solution
BETHEL — Alaska’s heroin problem is significant, growing and, authorities say, in need of attention from all quarters to get under
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Majority of depression sufferers don’t get therapy in Finland; drugs more readily prescribed
About 430,000 Finns were taking prescription anti-depressants in 2013. Yet many Finns are left with their depression untreated as they
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Program to recruit pediatricians to Alaska
Four pediatric residents got their first taste of Alaskan style medicine this spring. It’s part of a new partnership based
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