ER crisis deepens across country; flu, holidays and scarce resources get the blame

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Emergency rooms throughout Canada are overcrowded at the beginning of 2000. An increase in flu outbreaks, a shortage of nurses, a shortage of doctors and clinics during the holidays and on weekends and a shortage of long-term care beds have caused these difficulties in the $86 billion Canadian healthcare system.

Services information, Emergency Care Facilities, Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers, Emergency medical services, Emergency medical facilities

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Cancer centre gives patients help, hope

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Toronto, Ont.-based Wellspring, which is a support services facility for cander patients and their families, will open a second location. Wellspring, which was founded in 1992 by a charitable organization, has plans to expand throughout Canada due to a growing demand for its counseling services.

Hospitals, Population information, Health aspects, Cancer, Toronto, Ontario, Wellspring

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Lack of health staff critical, group says

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The Canadian Healthcare Association has issued a recommendation to the Ottawa government to spend $250 million on health care worker retention programs. Canda is confronted with a growing shortage of qualified health care workers.

Labor force information, Government domestic functions, Health Care, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners, Offices of health practitioners, not elsewhere classified, Physicians & Surgeons, Nurses, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Reports, Medical care, Canadian Healthcare Association

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