If you had to have an operation for a hip fracture, how much do you think your risk of dying would increase if you caught Covid while you were in hospital? A global study of over 7,000 hip fracture patients across 14 countries sought to answer this question…

More compelling data regarding the validity of Metformin in the early treatment of SARS2 Covid.

Happy match day to everyone but especially Faculty of Medicine grads

Sad day. 17 unmatched family medicine residency spots at MUN and all rural spots. Until we find a way to fix family medicine, we are headed in a bad direction

Surgery during active Covid infection shows almost 10 times higher mortality rates. journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-…

NLBudget2024 has funding for more medical school seats. Hope there is a plan to increase training capacity at rural sites. If we do not have rural docs to train our students and we do not support those already doing the training, this won’t help! #nlpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

Our commitment on this upcoming Canadian Orthopaedic Care Day (tomorrow!) is to the 150,000 Canadians waiting for orthopaedic procedures. Your mobility and your health are our priorities. #CdnOrthoAssoc #OrthoCareCanada #MSKUnited #MobilityMatters En cette prochaine Journée

A terrific improvement in this seasons paediatric fractures! No high energy trauma, mostly normal kid stuff! Great work everyone!

Way to go Manitoba. Longitudinal family medicine is the critical backbone of our system. Look forward to reading the details of what MB is doing. PS NL Medical Assoc. this is way better branding and promotion than what we are doing with our model

HIP FRACTURE DEADLIER THAN CANCER for elderly. A new 🇨🇦 study finds only 1/3 of men & 1/2 of women age>=65 still alive 5 years after a hip fracture. In contrast, 5 year cancer survival higher. But we don’t focus on fracture prevention & nutrition enough. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

A new gold standard review of 100 studies finds: - masks are effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases - N95 respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks - mask mandates are effective in reducing community transmission

First surgery at the new WMRH complete!

Imploring NL Health Services and Government of Newfoundland & Labrador to reinstate hospital mask mandates as we enter another sars covid wave.

The effects of SARS Covid on bones link.springer.com/article/10.100…

But doesn't this also mean that doctors doing bone surgeries are risking exposure to Covid? The same way bone dust is a cancer risk.

If it’s in deceased bone dust you better believe it’s in alive bone dust. #whyimask

This is how to invest in primary care- stabilize family medicine by valuing the work of family physicians. Premier of NL John Hogan Health and Community Services NL Time to show the same leadership.

Time for NL to follow in suit and invest in doctors.

While other provinces make moves to stabilize FM, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador is going to arbitration with its MD's. Has GovNL just decided that a phone call from a doctor anywhere but NL is the best we can do to provide primary care to our citizens? They have lost the plot.

Thanks to Lisa Cannada and MUN ortho Faculty of Medicine for arranging an excellent talk on the mangled extremity and for including us community surgeons!