Sarah Nation
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14-04-2009 04:50:39
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"How can we say we have a universal health system when millions are without access to primary care? Why are we left wondering why emergency departments are being pushed to the brink when we have some of the fewest hospital beds per capita?" -Andrew Boozary MD theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
Higher rents will almost certainly lead to more homelessness. 🇨🇦 Visual courtesy of Ben Rabidoux
Is the Loblawfication of care delivery a threat to medicare? Imagine someday needing medical treatment at a Loblaw’s clinic, complete with weekly specials on PC and no-name brand antibiotics, by Gerry Kupferschmidt canadahealthwatch.ca/2024/02/10/in-… via Canada Healthwatch 🍁 Nick Tsergas
Privatization is not the cure for Canada's health system. Andrew Boozary MD theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
A housing remedy for Canada’s hard-hit ERs: As a small number of homeless patients make thousands of emergency room visits, hospitals grapple with how to better treat people with nowhere else to turn, by @MollyHayes Yang Sun theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #sdoh
Dr. Nakia Lee-Foon and Corey Bernard are doing such incredible work to advance health equity in Canadian health care. Much thanks to Laura Rosella Walter Wodchis Laura Desveaux, PhD for the session/time together — clear takeaway: the power of partnerships.
“We can’t really talk about universal health care without housing as a human right.” Andrew Boozary MD theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
“#Homelessness is a health issue” -- This summer, Toronto University Health Network will open a supportive housing project for 51 people on a hospital site, and there could be more to come, by Alex Bozikovic theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail Andrew Boozary MD
Did you know? Chronic homelessness can cut life expectancy in half. Through the University Health Network fellowship w Andrew Boozary MD, The Shift's Leilani Farha 🍉 is working to integrate housing solutions into healthcare strategies. buff.ly/45E01Ag #RightToHousing #Canada #Homelessness
The social medicine program at University Health Network gives cellphones to unhoused patients which is essential to connect to medical and support services. This intervention and the chance at housing improves survival and well-being. Andrew Boozary MD