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2 years ago

Virtual ERs operating at the A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre and Connaigre Peninsula Health Centre

There will be a virtual ER operating at the A.M. Guy Memorial Health Centre in Buchans due to human resource challenges beginning today. From today until Wednesday, March 27 at 8:00 a.m. the area will be served by a healthcare professional onsite, as well as a physician or nurse practitioner by video. There is also […]

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2 years ago

Radiation treatment may not be available as soon as new Corner Brook hospital opens

As the provincial health authority inches closer to the opening of a new acute-care hospital in Corner Brook later this year, that city’s representative in the House of Assembly says radiation therapy will be available on site. But Gerry Byrne admits that treatment may not be ready to go when the hospital throws open its […]

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2 years ago

Health Sciences Centre Designated as a Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital

The Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s has been recognized as a Choosing Wisely Canada Hospital at the “Quality Improvement Status” level. The Health Sciences Centre is the first hospital in the country to receive this status within Choosing Wisely Canada’s new designation program. Hospitals that achieve this designation demonstrate a strong commitment to reducing […]

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2 years ago

Medication for traumatic brain injury more than doubles in cost for St. John’s resident

A St. John’s resident took to social media after the cost of her medication for a traumatic brain injury more than doubled. It’s a medication that’s not covered by the province’s prescription drug program. NTV’s Bailey Howard has the story. 

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