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3 years ago

New Corner Brook hospital to receive new radiation therapy machine

A new radiation therapy machine, the Linear Accelerator, has arrived in Corner Brook. The new machine will be added to the new Western Memorial Regional Hospital. NL Health Services says the new machine will expand cancer care services in the region. Over the next several months, installation, commissioning and testing of the machine will take […]

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3 years ago

N.L. Health services reports privacy breach involving 253 pediatric patients

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services announced late Friday afternoon a privacy breach related to the distribution of an email to 253 pediatric patients with diabetes and parents or guardians. The recipients of the email were inadvertently not blind copied, enabling all who received it to view the email addresses of other patients.   “NL Health Services sincerely […]

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3 years ago

Nurse recruitment war erupts between N.L. and Saskatchewan

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is sending a message to Saskatchewan and other province’s trying to recruit nurses from here. Health Minister Tom Osborne says they should stay on their own turf. NTV’s Rosie Mullaley reports.

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3 years ago

Province sending recruiting team to Saskatchewan

On October 3 Minister of Health and Community Services Tom Osborne and members of the department’s recruitment team will be travelling to communities in Saskatchewan in an effort to recruit health care professionals to work in Newfoundland and Labrador. Additional details will be provided today at 2:30 p.m. by Osborne. The province has also highlighted […]

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