Health

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) is reporting 2 new cases of COVID-19, both from Sault Ste. Marie and area. One case is from close contact, and the other is category unknown. Both cases were tested May 7th, 2021, and are self-isolating. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered ...

With Canada ranked among the lowest of the thirty-seven OECD countries for publicly funded dentistry, New Democrats say it’s time for the government to support their proposal to provide dental coverage to millions of Canadians who can’t afford a visit to the dentist. The NDP plan, brought forward  by MP Jack Harris, is completely costed by the Parliamentary Budget Officer ...

Étant donné que Canada occupe l’une des dernières places parmi les 37 pays de l’OCDE pour ce qui est du financement public des soins dentaires, le NPD demande au gouvernement d’appuyer sa proposition visant à fournir une assurance dentaire à des millions de Canadien·nes qui ne peuvent pas se permettre une visite chez le dentiste. Le plan du NPD, présenté ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) reported 3 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area on Wednesday, May 5th. Two cases (tested May 5) are of close contact, and the third (tested May 3rd) is unknown. All are self-isolating. Through contact tracing, APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 2 new cases of COVID-19, both from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Both cases are of close contact, are self-isolating, and all close contacts are notified by APH by contact tracing. One case was tested May 2nd, and the other on May 3rd.

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

En raison de l’augmentation récente et rapide du nombre d’hospitalisations et d’admissions dans les unités de soins intensifs et de la menace qui pèse sur la capacité des soins intensifs de la province, le gouvernement de l’Ontario, en consultation avec le médecin hygiéniste en chef, prend d’autres mesures pour veiller à ce que des lits d’hôpitaux soient à la disposition ...

In response to the recent and rapid rise in hospitalizations, ICU admissions and the threat to the province’s critical care capacity, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is taking further action to ensure hospital beds are available for COVID-19 patients in need of urgent care. To do so, the province is amending O. Reg. ...

Algoma Public Health (APH) has reported 4 new cases of COVID-19, all from Sault Ste. Marie and area. Two cases are of unknown exposure and two are of close contact. All four are self-isolating. APH notifies all close contacts directly. If you are not contacted by APH you are not considered a close contact.

As you may be aware, since the departure of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf, the local physician group will be down to four doctors (Drs. Cotterill, Oberai, Stamler and Switzer). Recruitment for replacement physicians is underway, but unfortunately, no replacements have yet been found. We hope to have locum physicians available to see patients of Drs. Robinson and Shaffaf and to ...

Aujourd’hui, le Dr David Williams, médecin hygiéniste en chef de l’Ontario, a publié la déclaration suivante concernant le premier cas confirmé dans la province de thrombocytopénie thrombotique immunitaire induite par un vaccin (TTIV) chez un patient ayant reçu le vaccin d’AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD : « Nous avons confirmé le premier cas de thrombocytopénie thrombotique immunitaire induite par un vaccin (TTIV), une maladie rare de ...

Today, Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, issued the following statement on the province’s first confirmed case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in a patient after receiving the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine: “We have confirmed the first case of the rare blood clotting condition known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) in Ontario. The patient is a male ...

Apr 19, 2021 at 17:30 Phase 2: COVID-19 Vaccine Eligible Groups The province has now entered Phase 2 of the vaccine roll-out plan. The following new groups are eligible to book an appointment in North Algoma: Organ transplant recipients (including patients waitlisted for a transplant) Hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients People with neurological diseases in which respiratory function may be ...

Aujourd’hui, le Dr David Williams, médecin hygiéniste en chef de l’Ontario, a publié la déclaration suivante pour élargir l’admissibilité à la vaccination contre la COVID-19 dans les pharmacies et les installations de soins primaires aux personnes âgées de 40 ans et plus : « À compter de mardi 20 avril 2021, l’Ontario offrira le vaccin d’AstraZeneca contre la COVID-19 aux particuliers âgés de 40 ans et ...