Health

Ontario moves to allow hospitals to send patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing

While a supervised opioid consumption site is more well-known, Sudbury.com speaks with Cindy Rose, manager of harm reduction and shelter services for CMHA Sudbury/Manitoulin, to better understand lesser known consumption program for those with alcohol addition

Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas is worried that the local nursing station in Gogama could close in September if no one is available to provide health care

Beginning Monday check in with the health unit to find out where regular services are being provided

Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Ontario 'can no longer accept the status quo' on health-care delivery as province looks at ways to hire workers to fill ongoing vacancies, free up more hospital beds and clear a backlog of procedures — funding surgeries at private clinics not off the table

Some hospitals and health providers in Ontario worried about a shortage of pain meds for children and epidural devices for women during childbirth

The science done in the research could save lives here on Earth

The proposed 40-unit transitional housing complex on Lorraine Street, west of the Notre Dame Avenue and Lasalle Boulevard intersection in New Sudbury, has ballooned in cost from its original upset limit of $10 million projected during 2021 budget deliberations

Monthly draw paying off with millions in revenue to support the purchase of medical equipment, research and renovations at Health Sciences North   

NDP Health critic says the time is now to repeal Bill 124 and bring health care workers back to the fold