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Following a Star investigation into doctors still at work after sexually abusing their patients, the provincial government established a task force in December 2014 to study the issue and make recommendations. The Ministry of Health has said the report is expected to be made public soon.
https://www.thestar.com/news/g
Fentanyl is tied to an increasing number of deaths in Canada
Many of the overdoses are linked to pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl that is diverted into the hands of street users, but police are finding that, increasingly, illicit fentanyl is also the culprit. This is overwhelmingly the case in British Columbia
Opioids overuse is the “worst man-made epidemic in modern medical history,” a leading expert on workers’ compensation told Canadian physicians Wednesday, urging them to take tough and immediate action to address the problem.
Lawmakers were back at it this week trying to clean up Ontario’s fundraising morass. By putting their legislative amendments where their mouths are, rival MPPs went through the motions of ritual purification in hopes of absolving their parties of past sins.
The technique, called low-intensity focused ultrasound pulsation, uses a device the size of a coffee cup saucer to create a small sphere of acoustic energy that can be directed at different parts of the brain. In Crehan’s case, the device was placed beside his head and activated for 10 30-second intervals over a 10 minute period.
With personal injury claims on the rise, consumers can expect to pay even more for auto insurance, says Jim Downs, managing director of MKD International Inc.
“When it comes to automobile insurance fraud everyone pays for it,” he tells AdvocateDaily.com.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/j
In today’s case (Cirillo v. Mai) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2012 collision where her vehicle was struck and pushed into oncoming traffic where she was struck a second time. The Plaintiff suffered a chronic back injury with symptoms continuing at the time of trial and expected to likely persist into the future.
http://www.ilstv.com/65000-non
These LTD policies are written by insurers, to minimize the potential exposure of an insurer, while giving the appearance that you’re getting amazing coverage. For most group and individual policies, you get what you pay for. The cheaper the policy, the cheaper the coverage. But even the best and most ironclad policies are riddled with loopholes which may minimize your potential claim.
http://www.advocatedaily.com/b
Ombudsman Paul Dubé is set to release that long-awaited report Wednesday at Queen’s Park. Last year, the ombudsman’s 2014-2015 annual report revealed the investigation had drawn more than 1,300 complaints, including “urgent, disturbing cases where adults with severe special needs were ending up in jail, homeless shelters and hospitals because no care or services were available for them.”
He said: “Depression and inflammation often go hand in hand, if you have flu, the immune system reacts to that, you become inflamed and very often people find that their mood changes too.