Whitehorse hospital making improvements after equipment sterilization problems
Newly released report makes more than a hundred recommendations to improve hospital systems Water and steam quality are to blame
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Increase in dental travel to Yellowknife likely to continue: N.W.T. health minister
Elder says 1-hour dental appointment required nearly 3 days away from home recently N.W.T.’s minister of health says there’s no
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Over twelve hour trip to fix toothache as dentist shortage hits northern Sweden
A shortage of dentists in public dental care in the Västernorrland region of northern Sweden has meant some adult patients
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Patients on medical travel have nowhere to stay in Yellowknife right now
The Keskorie medical boarding home in Yellowknife, along with all the city’s hotels, are currently booked up — and that’s leaving
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Yukon health professionals slam government’s plans to update Health Professions Act
By Tori Fitzpatrick Territory plans to make the act the umbrella legislation for 14 health professions Some Yukon health professionals
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Indigenous knowledge can make health care more sustainable in North: study
By Tharsha Ravichakaravarthy New research paper uses sharing circle held with Indigenous elders in the N.W.T. A new research paper
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Dene Nation decries decision to scrap N.W.T. health board
Health minister says capacity of governing council ‘has been exceeded’ The Dene Nation is calling out the N.W.T.’s health minister
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N.W.T. gov’t to dissolve health authority’s leadership board
By Jocelyn Shepel Public administrator will be more ‘nimble’ than board, territory says The N.W.T. government has announced it will
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N.W.T. coroners have new tool to identify drug-related deaths more quickly
By Jocelyn Shepel Machine allows for same-day results, compared to previous 6-week waiting period The N.W.T. has a new tool
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N.W.T. gov’t creating team to cut health spending
Total deficit for N.W.T. health services was $265M last year; $93M shortfall expected this year The Northwest Territories government is
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N.W.T. dental patients want to see improved care after infection warning
By Nadeer Hashmi Public health says risk of exposure to infections is very low and an investigation is underway. Dental
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Quebec College of Physicians calls for health services plan for Nunavik
By Holly Cabrera Transferring patients from Far North to Montreal is ‘almost systematic’ Quebec’s College of Physicians is calling for
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New $55M health centre in Old Crow ‘what every Yukon community needs,’ chief says
A new health and wellness centre has opened in Old Crow, Yukon, and it’s something Vuntut Gwitchin Chief Pauline Frost
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Yukon government says moving palliative care residents was about ‘room optimization’
Families have expressed concerns about the new palliative care unit at Whistle Bend Place The Yukon government says its decision
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Health centre in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. on emergency services only
Service reduction started earlier this week over low staffing levels Fort Simpson’s health centre is operating on an emergency basis
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