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Public Health Sudbury tells LTC Commission better preparedness would have saved lives

Public Health Sudbury tells LTC Commission better preparedness would have saved lives

Testimony from Public Health Sudbury & Districts, including from the region’s medical officer of Health, Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, tells the commission looking into the pandemic impact on long-term care homes the slow spread of COVID-19 into the North helped with response
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Ontario LTC commission: Hire more nursing home staff ASAP — no further study needed

Ontario LTC commission: Hire more nursing home staff ASAP — no further study needed

Commission also recommends daily care standard of four hours per person
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Hospital 50/50 draw success allows for purchase of new equipment

Hospital 50/50 draw success allows for purchase of new equipment

Sudbury hospital will be purchasing new infant incubators and breast cancer testing equipment
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Trauma through the years: Why colonialism isn’t a yesterday problem, it’s a today problem

Trauma through the years: Why colonialism isn’t a yesterday problem, it’s a today problem

Like the impact of the Holocaust on the Jewish people, the damage done to First Nations since first contact hasn’t gone away — it’s been passed down from generation to generation
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Opioid death rate in the North almost twice that of the south

Opioid death rate in the North almost twice that of the south

TVO current affairs program The Agenda explores problems of treating opioid addicts with panel of Northern Ontario experts
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Sudbury seniors reportedly having a hard time accessing high-dose flu shot

Sudbury seniors reportedly having a hard time accessing high-dose flu shot

Public Health asking seniors to get the standard-dose vaccine if high-dose not available
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New law proposes legal protection for long-term care homes in Ontario

New law proposes legal protection for long-term care homes in Ontario

Ontario Health Coalition says law will take legal protection away from residents
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Pitches sought for Sudbury supervised drug consumption site

Pitches sought for Sudbury supervised drug consumption site

Request for expressions of interest in project goes up on Public Health Sudbury website
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Sudbury Children’s Treatment Centre moving to Southridge Mall

Sudbury Children’s Treatment Centre moving to Southridge Mall

Relocation will make room for 52 new beds at Health Sciences North
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Are workers in danger if they're not told about COVID-19 in the workplace?

Are workers in danger if they're not told about COVID-19 in the workplace?

NDP calls on Ontario government to be more transparent about COVID outbreaks
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